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Opera glass (?) of silver with bone or ivory handle and screw cap
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Silver opera glass with bone or ivory handle and screw cap, in a brown leather case. Round lenses connected by an accordion leather, stored flat against each other, separated by turning two metal rods. Address (in elegant script on the nose bridge): E. Petitpierre opticien du Roi à Berlin. Silver marks: tête de bière, hare's head, (France, control mark after 1888), and a difficult master's mark also indicating France.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineToneelkijker(?) van zilver met benen of ivoren handvat en schroefdop. after 1888. Petitpierre, Fa. E.. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
