Antique French 6-Draw Opera Glass, Telescope, Monocular, Napoleon Era Vernis Martin Barrel DeBruyn yet they're 120-150 years old

yet they're 120-150 years old

just be hand-stitched onto tops of existing pillows (see them posed on backs of a pair of my sofa pillow - a very easy project

The case is in remarkably fine condition and opens to reveal a selection of the original items depended upon in travel and daily life

The painting has a look of having had someone use a wet cloth at some point to clean outer glass and box

no frame but the black beveled edges act as such

Antique French 6-Draw Opera Glass, Telescope, Monocular, Napoleon Era Vernis Martin Barrel DeBruyn yet they're 120-150 years oldI imagine this was originally found at the boutiques of the old Palais Royal promenade, the little stars all around and the hand painted barrel in layers of paint and varnish giving it depth and added appeal and value. That method is routinely called, "Vernis Martin" after the brothers Martin who invented it. A method much loved by Marie Antoinette, but I digress. The compact opera glass, surely a gentleman's, would collapse and tuck into a pocket.