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Lot 8

FOUR GILTMETAL QUIZZING GLASSES
(i) c. 1790, +3 lens
(ii) c.1800, possibly rolled-gold, 2.5 lens
(iii) c. 1840, giltmetal
(iv) gold, lacking lens
Largest: Height 7.5cm, Width 3.7cm

Estimate $700 - $900

Sold for $350


(i), (ii) & (iv): Sotheby's Olympia, London, Silver, Miniatures and Vertu, 24 July 2002, lot 92 (part)
(iii) Sotheby's Bond Street, London, 26 February 1998, lot 34 (label attached)

Optics of Time: A Private Collection of Antique Eyewear

AUCTION
Sale: IT131
10:00am - 22 July 2026
Timed Online Auction (Sydney)

VIEWING
Tues 21 July, 11am - 5pm
36-40 The Bond, Queen St, Woollahra NSW

CONTACT
Madeleine Mackenzie
sydney@leonardjoel.com.au

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