Opera Glasses
date: label: date made
content: mid 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: The objective lenses are 29 mm diameter. The frame is gilt metal. The eyecups are mother of pearl as is the center wheel that adjusts the focus. The enamel coverings of the barrels depict well-dressed folk lounging in fanciful landscapes.
label: Description
content: The case is dark leather lined with magenta silk. The inside of the top is marked “HOWARD & CO. / NEW YORK & PARIS.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.336795
label: catalog number
content: 336795
label: accession number
content: 1978.2216
objectType: label: Object Name
content: opera glasses
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in; 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 3 1/4 in x 5 in x 2 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 12.7 cm x 5.715 cm