Object Details
- Description
- These glasses fold flat to fit in purse or pocket. The eye plate and lens plate are nickel-plated. The objective lenses are about 3.8 inches diameter. The hard cover is brown. The form may have been introduced around 1900.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Jane and Mary Henle
- Measurements
- closed: 4 15/16 in x 5 1/2 in x 1 7/16 in; 12.5476 cm x 13.97 cm x 3.6576 cm
- overall closed: 1 1/16 in x 5 3/8 in x 4 1/4 in; 2.69875 cm x 13.6525 cm x 10.795 cm
- Object Name
- opera glasses
