Opera Glasses

Object/Artifact

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Opera Glasses

Entry/Object ID

2014.020.002

Description

One pair opera glasses, made of white-coloured metal, medium brown alligator or crocodile leather around handle and tubes. Focusing wheel and rim of each eyepiece made of mother-of-pearl. Tubes joined with three white-coloured metal bridges. Handle extends from top to approximately double its collapsed length, folds over top of glasses when not in use.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Bardsley, John

Notes

Accession Date: 05-Aug-14 Mode of Acquisition: Gift

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

glasses, opera glasses

Created By

Brunckhurst, Elise

Create Date

August 31, 2014

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

May 16, 2025