Antique Spectacles

A very good 19th century American Classical Period / Empire Period scissor-cut silhouette by Auguste Edouart, depicting the full length figure of a prominent New York gentleman with ...

The Théâtre des Variétés is a theater and "salle de spectacles" at 7–8, boulevard Montmartre, 2nd arrondissement, in Paris.

An extraordinary range is illustrated and described in detail with 300 in colour and 190 black & white illustrations for watches, fans, purses, perfume bottles, keys and spectacles. ...

Early 19th century Opticians Trade sign A larger than normal example of an early 20th century cast metal and glass opticians trade sign, in the form of a quirky pair of spectacles. M...

Gorgeous Art Deco 14 karat yellow gold lorgnette folding spectacles or antique reading glasses with round lenses from the 1920s feature an elaborately filigreed handle to hold them t...

The Chinese people used magnetic fields also for spectacles: throwing magnetized arrows like dice, they indicated south like a magic, amazing the public.

He also had three pairs of spectacles (his failing eyesight was recorded by Margaret as one of reasons he stopped making clocks).

In 1763, Peter invented the apochromat and began the manufacture of bifocal spectacles in 1781. Dollond & Co merged with Aitchison & Co in 1927 to form Dollond & Aitchison, the well-...

It touches on a number of diverse subjects, including dancing, ball games, gambling, wrestling, hunting and hawking, alchemy, libraries, schoolmasters, spectacles, toothache, lechery...

Very talented at drawing, from 1923 to 1926 he worked for the magazine Harlequin, a periodical of art and spectacles. His reputation as a painter was cemented in 1930 with a solo exh...

The two portraits on offer, one an elder man with long white beards and a pair of round spectacles lighting a pipe, and the other a grinning man with a peasant attire, were both set ...