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Oil Painting Portrait of Lord Edward Grenfell, 1st Baron St Just (1870-1941)
By Oswald Birley
Located in London, GB
-portrait – the only one he ever painted in which he is wearing spectacles, which skilfully obscure the
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Spectacles
Materials
Oil
Opticians Advertising Spectacles
Located in East Hampton, NY
Brass and glass antique advertising spectacles.
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Spectacles
Art Deco Silver Lorgnette Opera Glasses Folding Spectacles
Located in Nuernberg, DE
spectacles. The lens glass is in excellent shape and is framed by decoratively etched silver (marked 900
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Antique Spectacles
Materials
Silver
Art Deco Silver Lorgnette Opera Glasses Folding Spectacles
Located in Nuernberg, DE
spectacles. The lens glass is in excellent shape and is framed by decoratively etched silver (marked 835
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Antique Spectacles
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Enamel Handle Lorgnette Opera Glasses Folding Spectacles
Located in Nuernberg, DE
spectacles. The lens glass is in excellent shape and is framed by decoratively etched silver (marked 835
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Deco Antique Spectacles
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Victorian Lorgnette Opera Glasses Folding Spectacles Antique Austria 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
eyeglasses shape just pressing a tiny lever on the handle in order to have a pair of spectacles. The glasses
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Spectacles
Materials
Ormolu
Antique French silver gilt lorgnettes, spectacles, P-J Meurice
Located in NEWARK, GB
desired.
They are folding spectacles with oval lenses which are opened with a small push clasp at the
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Spectacles
Materials
Silver
LORGNETTE 1920 Art Deco Folding Opera Glass Spectacles Pendant
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco foldable lorgnette pendant.
This is a beautiful foldable opera lorgnette, created in America during the art deco period, back in the 1920. The lorgnette is crafted in ro...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Antique Spectacles
Materials
Gold, 14k Gold, Gold-filled
5 Antique Victorian Wire Rim Optical Eye Glasses Frames Spectacles
Located in Dayton, OH
Lot of five antique wire frame eye glasses / spectacles of various lens strengths including one
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Spectacles
Materials
Metal
Art Nouveau Lorgnette Opera Glasses Folding Spectacles Antique Austria 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
eyeglasses shape just pressing a tiny lever on the handle in order to have a pair of spectacles. The glasses
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Spectacles
Materials
Gold Plate
Art Nouveau Lorgnette Opera Glasses Folding Spectacles Antique German 835 Silver
Located in Nuernberg, DE
eyeglasses shape just pressing a tiny lever on the handle in order to have a pair of spectacles. The glasses
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Spectacles
Materials
Silver
Historical American Civil War Era Wire Frame Magnifying Eye Glass Spectacles
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A delicate pair of handmade magnifying wire rim eye glasses from the American Civil War era, circa 1860.
A great looking historical conversation piece or decor item. Use this pair ...
Category
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Spectacles
Materials
Metal
Early 20th C Opticians Spectacles Display Shop Cabinet Ebonised Gilt Vitrine
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An early 20th century opticians display cabinet, with its original hand painted gilt advertising signage over a decorative pelmet.
Lead lined outer top, so one would assume was prev...
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Spectacles
Materials
Glass, Pine
Large 19th Century Victorian Oil - Portrait of a Lady in Bonnet and Spectacles
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
and spectacles.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 38.5 x 30.5 inches
canvas: 35.75 x
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Spectacles
Materials
Oil
Ann Moore - The fasting woman of Tutbury
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
. Depicted in her fasting bed with Bible and spectacles. Lithograph after a stipple engraving by Robert
Category
19th Century Antique Spectacles
Materials
Engraving
Portrait of a Gentleman, circa Late 18th Century
Located in Napa, CA
Antique painted portrait of a gentleman with spectacles. Oil on canvas.
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Spectacles
Materials
Canvas
19th Century English Portrait Elderly Man in Glasses Large Oil Painting 1850
s
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Gentleman wearing spectacles
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 32 x 27 inches
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Spectacles
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique German Black Forest Hand-Carved Top Hat Elephant Inkwell, 19th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
spectacles; ebonized hat, tusks and eyes; top hat opens to copper well inset, 19th century.
Measures: 7.5
Category
19th Century German Black Forest Antique Spectacles
Materials
Wood
Antique Painted and Gilded Cast Iron and Zinc Optometrist / "Oculist" Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique cast iron and zinc trade sign in the form of a pair of gilded cast iron spectacles with
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Spectacles
Materials
Iron, Zinc, Gold Leaf
Pair of Chinese Eyeglasses with Original Case, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
China had been using spectacles for centuries. The larger the glasses, the more intelligent the wearer
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Spectacles
Materials
Brass
19th Century Oil Painting on Wood from France
Located in Dallas, TX
gentleman has his spectacles out and is reading the bill. The background shows trees with lush foliage, and
Category
19th Century French Antique Spectacles
Materials
Canvas
Antique Late 19th Giltwood Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Victoria, BC
elegant thin-rimmed spectacles, but also the books in the background identify him as a legal expert. The
Category
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Spectacles
Materials
Canvas, Paint
George Frederick Harris (1856–1924) - Framed Oil, Edwardian Sitter
Located in Corsham, GB
dressed gentleman holding a prolonged glaze in circular spectacles and a cameo cravat brooch. The portrait
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Spectacles
Materials
Oil
Portrait of an Artist - Belgian Impressionist Oil, Gentleman by Emile Deckers
By Emile Deckers
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
portrait of an artist with a beret and spectacles. The attention to detail and the colouring of the face
Category
1920s Impressionist Antique Spectacles
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Glass Vase "Fleurs" by Poschinger, Early 20th Century
By Poschinger
Located in Roma, IT
. Mirrors and window glass was produced there, as was glass for spectacles and hollow glassware.
Category
Early 20th Century German Antique Spectacles
Materials
Glass
1915s Pocket Brass Compass British Aviation Officers During The First World War
Located in Milan, IT
for the Chinese people). The Chinese people used magnetic fields also for spectacles: throwing
Category
1910s English Antique Spectacles
Materials
Brass
Wine is a Mocker
By Hendrik Bary
Located in New York, NY
drinker. The owl recalls two proverbs: Drunk as an Owl, and “What use are candles and spectacles is the
Category
1670s Old Masters Antique Spectacles
Materials
Engraving, Etching
1918s Pocket Brass Compass by British Aviation Officers WW1 Antique Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
magnetic fields also for spectacles: throwing magnetized arrows like dice, they indicated south like a
Category
1910s Antique Spectacles
Materials
Brass
End XIX Century Dry Nautical Magnetic Compass Antique Marine Navigation Device
Located in Milan, IT
for the Chinese people). The Chinese people used magnetic fields also for spectacles: throwing
Category
1890s Antique Spectacles
Materials
Brass
Brass Sextant by William Dolland
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
excellence. In 1763, Peter invented the apochromat and began the manufacture of bifocal spectacles in 1781
Category
1830s English Antique Spectacles
Materials
Brass
1850s Nautical Dry Compass Signed C.E.H. Antique Original Navigation Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Chinese people used magnetic fields also for spectacles: throwing magnetized arrows like dice, they
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Spectacles
Materials
Brass
1917s Small Pocket Chromed Compass Antique Scientific Instrument of Measurement
Located in Milan, IT
Chinese people used magnetic fields also for spectacles: throwing magnetized arrows like dice, they
Category
1910s British Antique Spectacles
Materials
Brass
1918s Antique Liquid Bearing Brass Pocket Compass Signed F. Barker
Sons London
Located in Milan, IT
also for spectacles: throwing magnetized arrows like dice, they indicated south like a magic, amazing
Category
1910s Antique Spectacles
Materials
Brass
1920s Brass Pocket Magnetic Nautical Compass Antique Marine Navigation Tool
Located in Milan, IT
magnetic fields also for spectacles: throwing magnetized arrows like dice, they indicated south like a
Category
1920s Antique Spectacles
Materials
Brass
1917s British Aviation Officers Antique Magnetic Brass Pocket Compass
Located in Milan, IT
Chinese people used magnetic fields also for spectacles: throwing magnetized arrows like dice, they
Category
1910s Antique Spectacles
Materials
Brass
"Rest near the river" Man, woman , dog , 19th, impressionism 1860 oil cm. 30 x 28
Located in Torino, IT
spectacles. Literally all classes of society frequented the Folies Bergéres, but its reputation, unlike the
Category
1860s Impressionist Antique Spectacles
Materials
Oil
19th Century Optometrist Oil on Canvas by G Slipper
Located in Dallas, TX
use of spectacles. Modern-day optometry, however, has evolved through time so that the educational
Category
Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Spectacles
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Rare Brass Pocket Compass Marine Navigation, Travelling Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
spectacles: throwing magnetized arrows like dice, they indicated south like a magic, amazing the public.
Category
1880s Antique Spectacles
Materials
Brass
Der Neger (The Negro)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ringing a bell, and pointing to the edge of the page, he urges viewers to behold the spectacles unfolding
Category
1920s Expressionist Antique Spectacles
Materials
Drypoint
1918s Small Brass Magnetic Pocket Compass Signed Negretti
Zambra Antique Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Chinese people used magnetic fields also for spectacles: throwing magnetized arrows like dice, they
Category
1910s Antique Spectacles
Materials
Brass
Buffalo Bill Signed Letter Collage
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
celebrating life in the West. Audiences loved Cody’s reenactments of frontier events, including spectacles
Category
1890s Antique Spectacles
Materials
Paper
Along the Coastline
Located in Sheffield, MA
, when it came to Chicago for exhibition He continued to work on panoramic and cycloramas spectacles
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Spectacles
Materials
Oil
Facial Studies of Bats from
The Mammals
Natural History Lithographs, 1836
Located in Langweer, NL
Bat
A bat with facial features resembling "spectacles" due to its markings and facial structure
Category
1830s Antique Spectacles
Materials
Paper
Silk Kerchief Made for the 1912 Campaign of Teddy Roosevelt, with Bears
Sticks
Located in York County, PA
exists that includes large depictions of T.R.'s wire rimmed spectacles and toothy grin, flanking the
Category
1910s American Antique Spectacles
Materials
Silk
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, Signed by Jacques Reich, Circa 1897
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, round spectacles, and plain attire can be seen in many painted and engraved likenesses of Franklin.
One
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1890s American Federal Antique Spectacles
Materials
Paper
Charles Dufresne, Oriental Reverie, Watercolor and Gouache, Circa 1920
By Charles Dufresne
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
for example. They are not truthful spectacles which he paints, of those scenes which retain the
Category
1920s Modern Antique Spectacles
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Art Deco Side Table
By Marcel Coard
Located in New York, NY
European waters. Fashionable in 18th century Europe, stingraw was used to make cases for spectacles
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Spectacles
Materials
Shagreen, Oak
$8,000
Pair of Victorian 13K Gold Handheld Spectacles
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Victorian 13K Gold Handheld Spectacles. Can be worn as pendant or used as a magnifying
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Spectacles
Rare Napoleonic Tortoise Shell Spectacles Case with Specs
Located in San Marcos, CA
A wonderful early Victorian era set of sterling silver spectacles in their original tortoise shell
Category
Early 19th Century French Georgian Antique Spectacles
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Collection of Eight Pair of Eye Spectacles
Located in Litchfield, CT
Mostly American, possibly a few English, circa 1820-1910.
The glasses are mounted on contemporary bases.
Condition: All in fine condition.
The various pairs were used for specific...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Spectacles
Materials
Metal
19th Century Folk Art Zinc Trade Sign
Located in Janvry, Essonne
This zinc sign is double. It presents a clock and spectacles.
The spectacles are in gilt zinc with
Category
Mid-19th Century French Folk Art Antique Spectacles
Materials
Iron, Zinc
English Naïve School Portrait of Mary Morris from Burley, Culmington, Shropshire
Located in London, GB
Depicted seated, wearing a lace bonnet and holding spectacles.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Spectacles
Materials
Canvas
Edwardian Diamond Lorgnette
Located in New York, NY
The hinged and spring loaded stylized lorgnette opens to reveal two round-shaped spectacles; the
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Spectacles
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
19th c. English Portrait of Captain George Feild Somerville
Located in Norwalk, CT
Oil on board. Portrait of the captain wearing spectacles and holding a silver snuff box. Plaque
Category
19th Century English Antique Spectacles
Materials
Board
Framed 19th Century Etching of Gladiator Helmet and Leggings by Piranesi
Located in New York, NY
jambières ont rapport aux spectacles.
Category
19th Century French Antique Spectacles
Group of Chinese Shagreen Eyeglass Cases
Located in Seattle, WA
spectacles.
Cases: 6 ½" to 7 ¾" long.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Spectacles
Materials
Copper
Original vintage Art Nouveau advertising poster for a furniture exhibition, 1898
By Hugo van der Woude
Located in London, GB
pottery ceramic work on display through her spectacles. Design by Van der Woude (d. 1913), a highly
Category
19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Spectacles
Materials
Paper
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