Bertier opera glasses marked M. P. Jenks's/Meadville, PA.
date: label: date made
content: 1900-1924
name: label: maker
content: M. Bertier
notes: label: Description
content: This is a brass instrument with pearl on the barrels, eyecups, and center focus. The objective lenses are 30 mm in diameter. The length is 6 cm closed. One eyecup is marked “M. P. JENKS / MEADVILLE PA.” The other is marked “M. BERTIER FABT / PARIS.”
label: Description
content: According to a notice in The Jewelers’ Circular for 1893, M. P. Jenks’ store was sold at auction. Bertier has not yet been identified.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Optics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Gertrude C. Parker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.046010A
label: catalog number
content: 046010A
label: accession number
content: 177182
objectType: label: Object Name
content: opera glasses
label: Object Type
content: opera glasses
label: Other Terms
content: opera glasses; Opticals; Accessories Carried; Female
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: shell, mother-of-pearl (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)