Object Details
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- unknown
- Date made
- 1840 - 1880
- Credit Line
- Eric P. Muth, Ph.D.
- Physical Description
- tortoise shell (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- metal, brass (overall material)
- metal, gold (?) (overall material)
- Measurements
- extended: 8 cm x 10.9 cm x .8 cm; 3 1/8 in x 4 5/16 in x 5/16 in
- Object Name
- Lorgnette
- Other Terms
- Lorgnette; Eyeglasses
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