Three French Mother-of-Pearl Veneered Opera Glasses, Width of widest 4 3/4 inches.

Each pair with various issues; the largest pair having a smoothly spinning focal wheel and focuses well but having losses to faceted veneers to one eyepiece. Gilt areas with some dark spotting. Smallest pair having a broken bridge and missing attatchment, which does not attatch to focal wheel and does not focus. Last pair having some split seems to barrels, wear to silvered areas throughout, with dents to inner and outer lense sections. Focal wheel spins but does not retract and does not focus well. With cases.

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