ASSORTED TORTOISE SHELL / PLASTIC LORGNETTES, LOT OF SEVEN, various styles and shades of mottled brown color, some carved tortoiseshell and others likely plastic/faux, four with long handles having molded and/or carved ornamentations, and three smaller examples, two folding. Various makers. 19th and 20th century. 11 1/4" longest (closed).
Literature: J. William Rosenthal - Spectacles and Other Vision Aids, pg. 126 figs. 237-241.

Good condition overall, largest undamaged and curved-handle example excellent; most others with minor or moderate wear and associated damage including cracks especially to one folding example with a broken lens frame; many with chipping or losses.