Opera Glasses
date: label: date made
content: mid 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Brass instrument with ivory focusing screw, handle, and covering over the barrels. The objective lenses are 24 mm diameter. The words “LUNETTE D’INVENTION ET DE PERFECTION” appear around each eyecup.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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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: Rev. H.G. Walker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.325419
label: catalog number
content: 325419
label: accession number
content: 256202
objectType: label: Object Name
content: opera glasses
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 43 cm; 16 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 4 7/16 in x 1 15/16 in; 3.4925 cm x 11.27125 cm x 4.92125 cm