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Lot 13

FIVE GILTMETAL QUIZZING GLASSES
(i) c.1860, gold cased with a myopic lens
(ii) 18th century, giltmetal
(iii) c.1830, gold
(iv) giltmetal
(v) c.1870 giltmetal with a myopic lens
Largest: Height 7.5cm, Width 4cm

Estimate $500 - $700

Sold for $300


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

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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