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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 30415, member: 360"]Here to show off my three sets of antique theater glasses:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10460903_1532346400357174_5035166732677597851_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/1957718_1532346383690509_5672936322546120456_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>First pair. Victorian. 1880s. Mother of Pearl on the body and the eye-sockets. No maker's marks anywhere, but I had it examined by a dealer who confirmed my suspicions.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t31.0-8/10750310_1532346390357175_1875556956846882745_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mother-of-Pearl & blue cloisonne enamel. Manufactured - Thomas Gaunt. Optician, clockmaker (and general mechanical wizard, if the documentation I've seen is anything to go by). Based in Melbourne from ca. 1850-1890. Business folded in 1890 when Thomas Gaunt died. I suspect these are later. Maybe 1870-1890.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-a-hkg.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/10608289_1532346430357171_5442931208800851136_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mystery glasses. They're solid brass, I know that much. Originally they were all covered over in black, enamel paint, but over the past 80-100+ years, almost all the exterior paint has been rubbed off. The seller told me these were from the 1920s. Another guy I showed them to said they might be earlier. 1900s-1910s. Maybe further back. I was told that during WWI, it was a done thing that opera glasses were painted black and issued to officers in the field as compact field-binoculars. I don't know whether that was what this was used for, or not. I bought them mostly because they were unique. And cheap. Very very cheap. All these were extremely cheap. I was told by the dealer I showed them to that they sell these for like $300-$400 apiece.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 30415, member: 360"]Here to show off my three sets of antique theater glasses: [IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10460903_1532346400357174_5035166732677597851_o.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/1957718_1532346383690509_5672936322546120456_o.jpg[/IMG] First pair. Victorian. 1880s. Mother of Pearl on the body and the eye-sockets. No maker's marks anywhere, but I had it examined by a dealer who confirmed my suspicions. [IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/t31.0-8/10750310_1532346390357175_1875556956846882745_o.jpg[/IMG] Mother-of-Pearl & blue cloisonne enamel. Manufactured - Thomas Gaunt. Optician, clockmaker (and general mechanical wizard, if the documentation I've seen is anything to go by). Based in Melbourne from ca. 1850-1890. Business folded in 1890 when Thomas Gaunt died. I suspect these are later. Maybe 1870-1890. [IMG]https://scontent-a-hkg.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/10608289_1532346430357171_5442931208800851136_o.jpg[/IMG] Mystery glasses. They're solid brass, I know that much. Originally they were all covered over in black, enamel paint, but over the past 80-100+ years, almost all the exterior paint has been rubbed off. The seller told me these were from the 1920s. Another guy I showed them to said they might be earlier. 1900s-1910s. Maybe further back. I was told that during WWI, it was a done thing that opera glasses were painted black and issued to officers in the field as compact field-binoculars. I don't know whether that was what this was used for, or not. I bought them mostly because they were unique. And cheap. Very very cheap. All these were extremely cheap. I was told by the dealer I showed them to that they sell these for like $300-$400 apiece.[/QUOTE]
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