vintige glasses identification

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by jarambolubie, Nov 15, 2015.

  1. jarambolubie

    jarambolubie New Member

    hello I am in possession of these glasses. is there any chance of identifie them? thank you
     
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  2. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Welcome!
     
  3. jarambolubie

    jarambolubie New Member

    well, maybe it is. as English isn't my first language I'm not that bothered as long as you could understand what I tried to say. I'm quite happy with it anyways. if you can't answer my question which is quite simple to understand, why waist yours and my time ?
     
  4. rhiwfield

    rhiwfield Well-Known Member

    I think something got lost in translation!
     
  5. jarambolubie

    jarambolubie New Member

    welcome and I'm sorry for my misunderstanding. my bad.
     
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  6. GaleriaGila

    GaleriaGila Hola, y'all!

    Hola, and welcome! Folks here are very friendly to funny-English speakers like me... us! I'm sure you'll get good advice and good cheer here.
     
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  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    You were reading his signature which was not meant for you.....

    He was only telling you the WELCOME part.
     
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  8. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Maybe time to change the siggy as we get more international ...????
     
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  9. Ladybranch

    Ladybranch Well-Known Member

    Welcome to the forum, jarambolubie!

    Without seeing a pic of the spectacles (eyeglasses) straight on, it is hard to tell much about them. The style of the bridge and the shape of the lens are needed to be seen in order to date antique glasses. For example is the bridge a bow style such as: a "C" bridge, "K" and "X" bridge, Crank bridge (upside down U in the US and called Arch in the UK), scroll bridge, "W" bridge (saddle) or whatever. As to the lenses are they perfectly round, oval, oblong, rectangular, octagonal or etc...

    Right now all I can help you with is the style of the temples, the side arms. This particular style is called "curl" temples. This style of temples was used from around 1885 to after 1900. On some websites this style of temples is also called riding temples. "... curved around the ear and held eyeglasses in place while riding a horse or running. The riding temple spectacles was very popular from 1880 to the early 1920s."

    Here is a webpage showing some of the elements needed for identification of antique spectacles.
    http://www.antiquespectacles.com/guide/guide_to_assist.htm

    As to the lenses, for what I can see, they look rimless though not sure just what I am seeing. According to one website on antique spectales:

    "Rimless eyeglasses were introduced in 1880 and remained popular to the 1950s. Early rimless eyeglasses, made between 1880 and 1920 did not have nose pads. The horse was the primary means of transportation. Rimless oval shaped eyeglasses were a variant of a style called Riding Temple. Early rimless eyeglasses were designed to fit close to the face."
    http://www.eyeglasseswarehouse.com/pages/rimless-gf.html

    I don't know who the maker of the spectacles was either. I'm not sure of the 1st initial. The 2nd initial looks like the letter "P". I have taken the liberty of editing one of the pics of the maker's mark in hopes of seeing it better. Am including the edited pic. Following is a webpage of some maker's marks of antique spectacles. I don't see your mark. If you click one of the marks, it appears enlarged in the middle of the page. A few have been identified, but most haven't.
    http://www.antiquespectacles.com/slide_shows/marks/marks.htm

    jarambolubie, what country are you located? Knowing your location might help in identifying the spectacles.

    --- Susan

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