Pince-nez, Folding, & Quizzers

Gold Monocle

Gold plated monocle with gallery and cord. English, ca 1890

Pince-nez and case

Gold pince-nez glasses with bar spring and cork nose pads, English, ca 1840. Velvet-lined leather clamshell case, W. W. Barnsby

Pince-nez

American oxford and pince-nez tortoiseshell styles

Pince-nez

Hard rubber and metal pince-nez group, one with blue lenses.

Rimless Pince-nez

Group of three rimless pince-nez eyeglasses showing security devices: ear wire, hair pin, and retractable pin (Ketcham & McDougall)

Pince-nez

Gold pince-nez or lorgnette

Nuremberg glasses

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

Oxfords with case

Oxford type eyeglasses with short temples, unfolded, shown with gold-stamped leather case, Buchbinder & Company, ca 1930

Oxford with comb

Gold oxford style eyeglasses with a tortoiseshell comb on chain

Oxford with pin attachment

Silver oxford style eyeglasses with a floral pin attachment and security chain

Pince-nez group

Gold pince-nez spectacles showing a variety of bridges and nosepieces

AOA meeting badge 1931

Tortoiseshell pince-nez

Folding pince-nez of tortoiseshell and brass

Small quizzer

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.

Large quizzer

Brass quizzing glass or magnifier with carved wood handle, Chinese