Sold for:
$1,920
$1,920
Cased Pair of Nuremberg Spectacles and a Traveling Writing Case, Nuremberg, Germany, late 17th to early 18th century, flat-edged copper frame with raised scrolled leaf designs and inscriptions "IOR: CONRAD SCHMIDT/NURNBERG/GUTE FEINE BRILLEN" (good fine glasses), round-glass lenses in a wire-hinged carved wooden case with floral stamped designs, the interior inscribed "A Wilcoxson" in ink, (make-do repairs), case dimensions 2 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.; and a two-piece flattened tubular paperboard writing case fitted with a small glass ink bottle, a wooden shaft with a steel tip and a quill tip, 1 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-03-03
