Gold plated monocle with gallery and cord. English, ca 1890
Gold pince-nez glasses with bar spring and cork nose pads, English, ca 1840. Velvet-lined leather clamshell case, W. W. Barnsby
American oxford and pince-nez tortoiseshell styles
Hard rubber and metal pince-nez group, one with blue lenses.
Group of three rimless pince-nez eyeglasses showing security devices: ear wire, hair pin, and retractable pin (Ketcham & McDougall)
Gold pince-nez or lorgnette
Nuremberg style nose spectacles with flat edged grooved copper wire, ca 1650-1700. The round eyeglasses are in a rough hand-carved wooden case, hinged on the side. Written inside the lid are the words Great grandfather Deacons spectacles, 1778
Oxford type eyeglasses with short temples, unfolded, shown with gold-stamped leather case, Buchbinder & Company, ca 1930
Gold oxford style eyeglasses with a tortoiseshell comb on chain
Silver oxford style eyeglasses with a floral pin attachment and security chain
Gold pince-nez spectacles showing a variety of bridges and nosepieces
Folding pince-nez of tortoiseshell and brass
Delicate gold washed quizzing glass, rectangular lens, with fancy carving. English, ca 1820 Quizzing glasses were essentially a monocle fitted with a small decorative handle, or a single-lens lorgnette.
Brass quizzing glass or magnifier with carved wood handle, Chinese