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A pair of brass, aluminium and enamel opera glasses,
unsigned, with 1¼-inch dia. lenses, the bell-shaped body-tubes decorated with putti and swags; a pair of gilt-brass, enamel and mother-of-pearl opera glasses, the eyepiece surrounds signed PROSPER BUNOUST PALAIS ROYAL PARIS, the bridge engraved Duchesse 19. Verres, the body-tubes decorated with swags of roses; and a pair of tortoiseshell-mounted gilt-brass and black-painted ivory opera glasses, with telescopic handle -- 4¾in. (12cm.) wide overall
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unsigned, with 1¼-inch dia. lenses, the bell-shaped body-tubes decorated with putti and swags; a pair of gilt-brass, enamel and mother-of-pearl opera glasses, the eyepiece surrounds signed PROSPER BUNOUST PALAIS ROYAL PARIS, the bridge engraved Duchesse 19. Verres, the body-tubes decorated with swags of roses; and a pair of tortoiseshell-mounted gilt-brass and black-painted ivory opera glasses, with telescopic handle -- 4¾in. (12cm.) wide overall
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