They come in a handmade heavy upholstery fabric cloth pouch. 28th 1882 to May 7th 1895.Īn absolutely fabulous pair of perfectly working opera glasses to add to your vignette, or for use at the theater or opera. The famous bee hallmark is also on the underside of the central bridge, as well as multiple patent numbers and dates of Nov. They are hallmarked on the eye pieces with "LeMaire Fi Paris", as well as the jewelers hallmark of "The King Optical Company, Spokane, Washington". The only issue we could find is some slight tarnish to the ribbed adjustable focusing flywheel that is on the handle. They also have beaded accents which make them sparkle even more. Even the eye pieces have a lovely faceted mother of pearl surround. Not only do they have mother of pearl on the barrels, but the shafts also have mother of pearl. They operate with a super smooth action from either the central flywheel, or from the flywheel on the removable retracting handle. They are in perfect working condition, with no damage to the optics, or to the gorgeous white mother of pearl. The screw in handle is approximately 5 inches in length, and extends to an approximate 8 inch length. They measure 2 1/4 inches in height when closed and a bit over 3 inches high when fully extended, and are 4 inches across the base of the lenses.
They're LeMaire's top of the line mother of pearl theater glasses in near mint condition. Here's an extremely rare and stunning pair of LeMaire Fi Paris late 1800's opera glasses.
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