Verdi Opera Glasses
date: label: Date made
content: 1895
notes: label: Description
content: This is a brass instrument with pearl on the barrels, center focus and eyecups. The barrels are flared, and have ornate metal at top and bottom. The objective lenses are 30 mm in diameter. The length is 5.5 cm closed. The frame at the eye end is marked “ACPa / July 26. 95.” The eyecups are marked “VERDI ET / PARIS.” A paper tag reads “Quaker Clothing Relief.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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: Quaker Clothing Relief
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.291678.002
label: catalog number
content: 291678.002
label: accession number
content: 291678
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 (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: monogram (bridge style)