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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 436281, member: 360"]I won this lot at my very first night-auction at my local auction-house. Was very, very excited! I've been chasing after a quizzing glass for damn near 10 years and now I have FOUR to choose from! Three are sterling silver and one of them is pinchbeck brass. One of them is not that old I don't think, but the others are all early Victorian or late Georgian in style. </p><p><br /></p><p>The lot also came with two pairs of lorgnettes in gold-filled brass. They don't interest me much, so I'm going to try and sell those off. A friend of mine recovering from eye-surgery is already thinking of buying one so that she can have them fitted out as reading-glasses <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> But I'm keeping the quizzers for myself!! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]153085[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]153086[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]153087[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 436281, member: 360"]I won this lot at my very first night-auction at my local auction-house. Was very, very excited! I've been chasing after a quizzing glass for damn near 10 years and now I have FOUR to choose from! Three are sterling silver and one of them is pinchbeck brass. One of them is not that old I don't think, but the others are all early Victorian or late Georgian in style. The lot also came with two pairs of lorgnettes in gold-filled brass. They don't interest me much, so I'm going to try and sell those off. A friend of mine recovering from eye-surgery is already thinking of buying one so that she can have them fitted out as reading-glasses :) But I'm keeping the quizzers for myself!! [ATTACH=full]153085[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]153086[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]153087[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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