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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 62999, member: 360&quot;]It&#039;s the best I could do. As you know these things don&#039;t come with serial numbers and it&#039;s almost impossible to date them. The dates I give all my opera glasses (I have six, now) are educated guesses at best, except for one, which has the date engraved on it. So until concrete proof pops up, it&#039;s 1870. I&#039;ve seen a similar one by the same company which they dated back to 1850 (not sure about that).</p><p><br /></p><p>The pouch is most definitely old and looks professionally made on a sewing machine. This thing wasn&#039;t something that grandma knocked up on her Singer at home (my gran could, but she was a professional, so...). The man I bought the glasses from said the pouch was part of the price, and that when he bought them in France, the pouch came with them, so he believes they&#039;re original to each other.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure what&#039;s gained by the links and the advertisements, but they are nice to look at.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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