Null FRENCH POCKET SPYGLASS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY.
With mercury-gilded bronze stru…

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FRENCH POCKET SPYGLASS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY. With mercury-gilded bronze structure and mother-of-pearl inlays. The lenses are not in place. 3.2 x 3.2 cm diam. (closed).

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FRENCH POCKET SPYGLASS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY. With mercury-gilded bronze structure and mother-of-pearl inlays. The lenses are not in place. 3.2 x 3.2 cm diam. (closed).

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