拍品 506
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A rare pair of late 17th/early 18th-Century baleen nose spectacles,
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A rare pair of late 17th/early 18th-Century baleen nose spectacles,

细节
A rare pair of late 17th/early 18th-Century baleen nose spectacles,
composed of one strip of baleen, fastened with wire at the either side of bridge

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注意事项
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品专文

Baleen (a series of stiff, flexible material that hangs from the upper jaw of a whale) came from the North Sea where Basque, Dutch, French and English whalers worked, and was use for spectacles from 1500 until the 1700s.