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ANTIQUE PAIR OF C-BRIDGE PINCE-NEZ READING GLASSES IN THE ORIGINAL CASE. C-BRIDGE AS THE NAME SUGGESTS POSESS A C SHAPED BRIDGE, WHICH WAS COMPOSED OF A CURVED, FLEXABLE PIECE OF METAL WHICH WOULD PROVIDE THE TENSION NEEDED TO STAY ON THE NOSE. THIS VARITEY IS THE EARLIEST STYLE OF TRUE PINSE - NEZ.THEY EXISTED FROM THE 1820s THROUGH TO THE 1940s. THE FRAMES OF PINCE-NEZ COULD BE GOLD OR SILVER PLATED OR MADE FROM STAINLESS STEEL. THIS PAIR IS IN PERFECT CONDITION.
ANTIQUE, PINCE-NEZ,GLASSES IN THEIR ORIGINAL CASE, PERFECT CONDITION.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PICTURE THE REMAINS OF THE CORK USED TO SOFTEN THE METAL THAT RESTED ON THE NOSE.
LOOKING AT THE SIGNS OF VERDIGRIS, THESE COULD BE SILVER PLATED.
ALL CLOSED UP AND READY TO PUT AWAY !!! GLASS PERFECT.
