M. Bertier Opera Glasses
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 28 mm in diameter. The length is 5.4 cm closed. The eyecups are marked “M. BERTIER FABT / PARIS.”
label: Description
content: These probably date from the second half of the nineteenth century, but 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.046010B
label: catalog number
content: 046010B
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: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: shell, mother-of-pearl (overall material)