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PROPERTY OF THE DARLING FOUNDATION OF NEW YORK STATE EARLY AMERICAN SILVERSMITHS AND SILVER

A PAIR OF GOLD SPECTACLES**

MARK OF WILLIAM OR MARCUS WISE, BROOKLYN, MID 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GOLD SPECTACLES**
MARK OF WILLIAM OR MARCUS WISE, BROOKLYN, MID 19TH CENTURY
The spectacles with octagonal frames, marked on arm, also marked 24
5 in. long

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country. No sales tax is due on the purchase price of this lot if it is picked up or delivered in the State of New York.

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Lot Essay

William Wise is listed in an 1873 Brooklyn business directory as a jeweler who dealt in watches, silver, and spectacles and was located at 79 Fulton Street. Marcus Wise is listed as an optician in Louise Conway Belden, Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissel Collection, 1980, p. 452. A pair of gold spectacles by the same maker sold in these Rooms, 20-21 January 2005, lot 138.

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