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Delilah Lorgnette Glass

Sale price$195.00

The Details

  • Victorian gold filled Lorgnette Glass with hand engraved scrollwork and floral details on a tilted swivel handle.
  • It measures at just over 3" in total length, with the glass lens measuring at 1.5" in diameter. This Lorgnette was originally made and sourced in England.

*This piece is pictured on a 30" modern gold filled chain but can be purchased with or without the chain.

THE HISTORY

Lorgnette Glasses originated in the 17th Century for use at the opera. Derived from the French word lorgner - meaning "to ogle," high society ladies controversially used their lorgnettes to spy stealthily on their adversaries or gentlemen they fancied in public. In the 19th Century, the lorgnette served as a more practical vision aid rather than an instrument of jealous leering.


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