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CIRCA 1760
Details
A GEORGE III GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE PRISMATIC SPY-GLASS
circa 1760
Small cylinder of dodecagonal section, the grey agate panels overlaid with reeded and garland chased gold cagework, the front and rear sides with mirror-set circular apertures, both ends with spy-holes set with lenses
1¾ in. (45 mm.) high
circa 1760
Small cylinder of dodecagonal section, the grey agate panels overlaid with reeded and garland chased gold cagework, the front and rear sides with mirror-set circular apertures, both ends with spy-holes set with lenses
1¾ in. (45 mm.) high
Provenance
Baron de Redé and Baron Guy de Rothschild; Sotheby's, Monaco, 25 May 1975, lot 4.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 11-12 November 1975, lot 393.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Zurich, 6-7 May 1980, lot 6 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-123).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 11-12 November 1975, lot 393.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Zurich, 6-7 May 1980, lot 6 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-123).
Special notice
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