M. Bertier Opera Glasses: Museum Object and Cultural History
M. Bertier Opera Glasses: date made: 1900-1924. maker: M. Bertier. Object Name: opera glasses.
The object in the museum catalogue
This is a brass instrument with pearl on the barrels, eyecups and center focus. The objective lenses are 28 mm in diameter. The length is 5.4 cm closed. The eyecups are marked “M. BERTIER FABT / PARIS.”
These probably date from the second half of the nineteenth century, but Bertier has not yet been identified.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1900-1924
- maker: M. Bertier
- Object Name: opera glasses
- Object Type: opera glasses
- Other Terms: opera glasses; Opticals; Accessories Carried; Female
- Physical Description: glass (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Physical Description: shell, mother-of-pearl (overall material)
- place made: France: Île-de-France, Paris
- ID Number: CS.046010B
- catalog number: 046010B
- accession number: 177182
- Credit Line: Gift of Gertrude C. Parker
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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