Art Deco Diamond Platinum Lorgnette

$2,500.00

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Art Deco Diamond Platinum Lorgnette

$2,500.00

Description

DATE: Art Deco, c.1920

A weird and wonderful thing, an antique platinum lorgnette, set with old cut diamonds. A lorgnette is quite simply, a pair of spectacles mounted on a handle. They were a common sight at the theatre and the opera, and the name derives from the French word "lorgner"- to ogle. The handle is topped with a spring loaded pair of glasses (aka lorgnette). The styling is typically Deco, with geometric lines topped with foliate motifs set with diamonds. It looks great, and its useful too. You could sneakily spy on a rival across the way or even wear on a chain to show them off...

STONES

Approx. 0.40ct total of Old Cut Diamonds

MEASUREMENTS

9.8cm in length

Each glass: 3.9cm diameter

WEIGHT

34.2g

MARKS

No marks present, tests as platinum

CONDITION

Very good