Aluminum folding pince nez, blued-steel bridge, circa 1870. Possibly the
first aluminum eyeglasses. Aluminum was a new metal that for the first time
was shown (in the form of a 'bar' -stick) on a world exhibition, c. 1855. |
Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588-1629), The Gamblers, 1623, Dutch, © Minneapolis
Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN (Click
to visit their website) |
La Mignonne purse opera glasses, around 1900, Museo Frederic Mares,
Barcelona |
Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450-1516), San Giovanni a Patmos, 1504-5, (John the
Evangelist of Patmos with the spectacled devil), Staatliche Museen zu
Berlin, Gemäldegalerie |
Shooter's glasses, Tee Museum, Noorden, Germany |
