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Lot 22

THREE LORGNETTES
(i) Art Nouveau giltmetal +2.0 lenses
(ii) silver, maker's mark of George Unite, Birmingham 1868, myopic lens.
(iii) gold and tortoiseshell, c.1880. (3)
*CITES permit may be required for export
Largest: 16 x 3cm (closed)

Estimate $400 - $600

Sold for $200


(ii) Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, Silver, Early Spoons, Collectors Items, 29 January 2003, lot 445 (by repute)
(iii) Christie's, South Kensington, London, Medical Instruments, 11 July 1997, lot 166 (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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