Antique French Opera Glasses with Mother of Pearl Case
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Mother-Of-Pearl - Mother-of-pearl, technical name "nacre", is the inner layer of a sea shell. The iridescent colours and strength of this material were widely used in the nineteenth century as an inlay in jewellery, furniture, (especially papier mache furniture) and musical instruments.
In the early 1900s it was used to make pearl buttons. Mother-of-pearl is a soft material that is easily cut or engraved.
Nowadays it is a by-product of the oyster, freshwater pearl mussel and abalone industries.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
Papua New Guinea tribal bow with two arrows
Taxidermy red deer shoulder mount, 1.3m tall, 8pt
A pair of Chinese bronze bookends, depicting scholars. Height 18 cm
A pair of figures of 'Laughing Boys' Qing Dynasty each well modelled standing holding a basket of fruit in both hands, including peaches, pomegranate, grapes, and finger citron, picked out in aubergine, yellow, blue and green glazes, wearing a yellow jacke