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Lot 12

FOUR ANTIQUE GILTMETAL QUIZZING GLASSES
(i) 18th century, giltmetal
(ii) c.1845, gold cased
(iii) c.1850, giltmetal
(iv) c.1850, gold cased with a myopic lens
Largest: Height 8cm, Width 4cm

Estimate $300 - $500

Sold for $300


(i) Christie's, South Kensington, Medical Instruments, 11 July 1997, lot 145 (part, accompanied by copy of original invoice)
(ii) & (iv) Sotheby's Olympia, London, Silver, Miniatures and Vertu, 24 July 2002, lot 92 (part)

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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