Opera Glasses
date: label: date made
content: late 19th century
name: label: maker
content: Bardou
notes: label: Description
content: Each eyecup of this instrument is marked “BARDOU & SON * PARIS.” The objective lenses are 40 mm diameter. The frame is brass. The barrels are brass covered with black leather. A center wheel adjusts the focus. The carrying case is black leather with a red silk lining.
label: Description
content: The Bardou firm was established in 1818, and trading as Bardou & Son by 1876.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Optics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jane and Mary Henle
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.336808
label: catalog number
content: 336808
label: accession number
content: 1978.2216
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Opera Glasses
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: closed: 2 in x 4 7/16 in x 3 in; 5.08 cm x 11.2776 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 4 in x 5 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 13.335 cm x 6.35 cm