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These are old opera glasses and folding eyeglasses , from the turn of the century. The binoculars are marked Carl Zeiss Jena THEATIS, and had a ticket stub in the case from a "30's German Operahouse!
The folding glasses have no mark, but look like sterling frames.
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I love both of these Bernie! You've got some pieces there. Those folding glasses I have never seen in 30 years of pickin.
Thanks Perry for the nice comment, can't wait to go to an opera sometime &try them out!
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