Fine Antique Victorian Era Tortoise Shell Lorgnette Spectacles Tortoiseshell Swashbuckler it's in fine form and

it's in fine form and has definitely been a commissioned work as well as one well cherished

The silversmith marks are there but I've not been able to locate them in my reference books

cracks or other damage to either though there is some wear/fading here & there to the told enamel around the rims

Brilliant work

and I'm sure you'll find it perfect in your own grouping

Fine Antique Victorian Era Tortoise Shell Lorgnette Spectacles Tortoiseshell Swashbuckler it's in fine form andSuperb antique Napoleon III or Victorian era shell lorgnette style eyeglasses or spectacles! The lighting doesn't show off the cognac colored shell very well but it's there, you can see the natural grain in those with camera flash reflections. I was sitting in the optometrist's office the other day and there was a "History of Spectacles" poster on the wall and it was quite neat seeing them in a chronological setting of sorts (I sat there saying,