Merveille et Cie Opera Glasses
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1900
name: label: user
content: Short, Martha Dunham
label: presenter
content: Short, Omar Jackson
label: maker
content: Merveille Et Cie
notes: label: Description
content: This is a brass instrument with pearl on the barrels, eyecups, center focus and lorgnette handle. The barrels are slightly flared. The objective lenses are 30 mm in diameter. The length is 4.5 cm closed. One eyecup is marked “I. A. FOYE / HOT SPRINGS ARK” and the other “MERVEILLE ET CIE / PARIS.”
label: Description
content: The I. A. Foye signature probably refers to a dealer who was mentioned in The Jeweler’s Circular for 1893. The French firm has not yet been identified. If these glasses were imported for sale in the United States, the lack of “Made in France” tag would indicate a date before March 1, 1891, when the strictures of the McKinley tariff went into effect.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
label: used in
content: United States: Arkansas, Hot Springs
label: purchased in
content: United States: Arkansas, Hot Springs
topic: label: related to
content: Weddings
setName: label: See more items in
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 Miss Omar Short
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.248573.010
label: catalog number
content: 248573.010
label: accession number
content: 248573
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)