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Lorgnet with frame of tortoiseshell or celluloid on long octagonal handle with fluting halfway down and at the bottom
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Lorgnet with frame of tortoiseshell or celluloid on long octagonal handle with fluting halfway down and at the bottom

anonymous · c. 1900 · grinding; tortoise shell; glass

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Lorgnette with oval lenses and mount of dark tortoiseshell. Long handle in straight stick form, split for storage of the actual spectacles. Spectacles rotatable with a hinge, bridge of the nose in arch form.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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lorgnetspectacle
Credit lineLorgnet met montuur van schildpad of celluloid op lang achthoekig handvat met cannelure halverwege en onderaan. c. 1900. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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