Marion opera glasses: Museum Object and Cultural History
Marion opera glasses: date made: 1875-1925. Object Name: opera glasses. Object Type: opera glasses.
The object in the museum catalogue
This is a brass instrument with cylindrical barrels. The objective lenses are 27 mm in diameter. The length is 4.5 cm closed. The barrels are covered with a dark material. The handle is missing. The eyecups are marked “MARION JNE * / PASSAGE DE L’OPERA NO 15 *.”
The design suggests a date in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. Marion has not been identified.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1875-1925
- 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, tortoise (overall material)
- ID Number: CS.261981.001
- catalog number: 261981.001
- accession number: 261981
- Credit Line: Edgar S. Giles
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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