Bidspirit auction | Antique French Nickel Plated Miniature

Antique French Nickel Plated Miniature Theatre Binoculars and Embossed Metal Box - A pair of antique French miniature opera glasses or theatre binoculars, featuring a nickel-plated brass body and central focusing wheel. The metal casing is constructed with layered plates and brass lens surrounds. The front of the binoculars is stamped with the text RESERVES A CE THEATRE across three lines. The reverse side features further stamped text across two lines, reading C [...] DES JUMELLES and 8 RUE ST-LAZARE. The right eyepiece rim bears the impressed word PARIS. The instrument is accompanied by a small, rectangular grey metal box, likely a pewter or lead alloy, which features an embossed lid depicting a bird amidst foliage within a geometric repeating border. The box is constructed with a simple hinge mechanism.