A JEWELLED PEARL-SET PAIR OF LORGNETTES, FRENCH, LATE 19TH CENTURY

A JEWELLED PEARL-SET PAIR OF LORGNETTES, FRENCH, LATE 19TH CENTURY

the chased and richly embossed tapering handle set with baroque pearls and small gold-mounted rose diamonds, the spread wings supporting the lenses, below two stylised dolphins on either side of the hinge, suspension loop, apparently unmarked, in a fitted tooled red leather case stamped Marret Frères / Bancelin Succ[esseu]r / Joaillier-Orfèvre / 352 Rue St Honoré / Paris
11cm., 4⅜in. high, 10.1cm, 4 in. wide when opened

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