tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200756952011-04-21T20:07:42.280-07:00opera glassesopera glasseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07529347083906731146noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20075695.post-1135198841360706572005-12-21T12:59:00.000-08:002005-12-21T13:00:41.366-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/159/2000/640/IM000137.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: all; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/159/2000/320/IM000137.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20075695-113519884136070657?l=operaglasses.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>opera glasseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07529347083906731146noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20075695.post-1135197561177913622005-12-21T12:33:00.000-08:002005-12-21T12:39:21.183-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/159/2000/1024/IM000148.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: all; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/159/2000/400/IM000148.jpg" border="0" /></a> both opera glasses are adjustable to the pupil distance. the ones on the right are earlier than the ones on the left.<br />Date : left about 1880-1900.<br /> right about 1840-1860.<br />Material used :<br />left, ivory for eyepieces and objective tubes. Inlay of tortoiseshell in eyepieces.<br />bridges are made of gilded brass.<br />Name on the instrument : KIPP en ZN, Holland, retailers.<br />Right : mother of pearl, guiilded brass.<br />Note that the brass plates or bridges in this instrument are larger than usual in this sort of instrument. <a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20075695-113519756117791362?l=operaglasses.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>opera glasseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07529347083906731146noreply@blogger.com0