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Opera glasses are needed because the stage is a long way from some of the seats at a play or an opera. The first opera glasses were invented in Vienna in 1823. Mother-of-pearl was a popular decoration on many French glasses.
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| Image | Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced |  | Opera Glasses | Mother-of-pearl | Gilt Metal,Hinged Handle,Premier,4 x 2 In. Illustrated | 2011 |  | Opera Glasses | Red Guilloche Enamel | Scrolling Leaves,Flower Overlay,18K,Case,Tiffany & Co. Illustrated | 2011 |  | Opera Glasses | Silver | Inscribed,Marked,Crescent Moon,Crown,Germany,1800s,7 3/8 In. Illustrated | 2011 | | | Opera Glasses | Aluminum | Case, Marked, Tiffany & Co. | 2010 | | | Opera Glasses | Blue Guilloche Enamel | Flowers, Silver Fleur-De-Lis, Brass, France, 1800s, 4 In. | 2010 | | | Opera Glasses | Brass | Tortoiseshell, Blue Silk Lined Leather Case, G. Fisher, Munich, 1800s, 3 1/2 In. | 2010 | | | Opera Glasses | Enamel On Silver | Courting Couple, Leather Case, 4 In. | 2010 | | | Opera Glasses | Folding | Black Leather, Chrome Trim, Marked Skyline, Red Box, 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 In. | 2010 | | | Opera Glasses | Hammered Silver Plate | Flowers, Bugs, Case, Field, Asheville, No. Car., 1900s, 2 x 4 In. | 2010 | | | Opera Glasses | Lizard Skin Barrels | Prism Lens, C.P. Goerz, Berlin, Germany, 1902, 4 x 2 1/2 In. | 2010 | | | Opera Glasses | Mother-Of-Pearl | Brass, Le Pert, Leather Case, c.1900, 2 1/4 x 4 In. | 2010 | | | Opera Glasses | Mother-Of-Pearl | Brass, Marked, Paris, France, c.1800, 4 In. | 2010 | | | Opera Glasses | Mother-Of-Pearl | Handle, 6 In. | 2010 | | | Opera Glasses | Mother-Of-Pearl | Lemoire, c.1900, 3 x 4 In. | 2010 | | | Opera Glasses | Nacre | Gilt Brass, 19th Century, 4 1/4 x 2 3/8 In. | 2010 |  | Opera Glasses | Lemoire | Mother-Of-Pearl, Signed, Case, Original Box, France, illustrated | 2009 | | | Opera Glasses | Bronze | Green Morrow Enamel, Flower Medallions, Gold, Silver, Signed, 4 In. | 2009 | | | Opera Glasses | C. Dubizy | Cobalt Blue, Enamel Flowers, Beaded, Abalone Eye Cups, Paris, 3 x 4 In. | 2009 | | | Opera Glasses | Duhme | Brass, Mother-Of-Pearl, Cincinnati, 3 x 4 1/2 x 1 3/4 In. | 2009 | | | Opera Glasses | Mother-Of-Pearl | Brass, Leather Case, Late 1800s | 2009 | | | Opera Glasses | Skyline | Folding, Black, Chrome Trim, Original Red Box, 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 In. | 2009 |  | Opera Glasses | Mother-Of-Pearl | Colmunt Ft, Paris, Case, Illustrated | 2008 |  | Opera Glasses | Mother-Of-Pearl | Jeweled, Brass Frame, Marked, Le Fils, Paris, 2 x 4 1/2 x 2 In., Illustrated | 2008 | | | Opera Glasses | Chrome | Red, Flip-Up, 4 1/4 x 2 1/2 In. | 2008 | | | Opera Glasses | Butterfly | Coated Box | 2008 |
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