Object Details
- Description
- In this metal-rimmed lorgnette, one lens folds over the other, and both fold into the tortoiseshell handle.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- unknown
- Date made
- 1860 - 1880
- associated dates
- 1965 04 28 / 1965 04 28
- Credit Line
- Dache M. Reeves
- Physical Description
- metal, silver (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- tortoiseshell (overall material)
- Measurements
- extended: 9.5 cm x 12 cm x .8 cm; 3 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 5/16 in
- folded: 8.3 cm x 2.5 cm x .8 cm; 3 1/4 in x in x 5/16 in
- Object Name
- Lorgnette
- Other Terms
- Lorgnette; Eyeglasses
