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  • Large English Antique Brass Desk Magnifying Glass / Paperweight c.1910
    Located in Bath, GB
    Always very popular and a very useful desk-top accessory. These large circular magnifiers actually are the condenser or magnifier from a Magic Lantern dating to around 1910; they are...
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    Vintage 1910s British Edwardian Paperweights

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  • Large English Antique Brass Desk Magnifying Glass / Paperweight c.1910
    Located in Bath, GB
    Always very popular and a very useful desk-top accessory, this one is one of the larger examples, quite an imposing size. These large circular magnifiers actually are the condenser o...
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    Vintage 1910s British Edwardian Paperweights

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  • Large English Antique Brass Desk Magnifying Glass / Paperweight c.1910
    Located in Bath, GB
    Always very popular and a very useful desk-top accessory. These large circular magnifiers actually are the condenser or magnifier from a Magic Lantern dating to around 1910; they are...
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    Vintage 1910s British Paperweights

    Materials

    Brass

  • Rare Antique English Mammoth Map or Library Magnifying Glass, circa 1930
    Located in Bath, GB
    Wow, you need to hands to lift this mammoth magnifying glass, a great look for the library and a real talking point. The handle is made from cast brass and the frame for the glass...
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    Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Scientific Instruments

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  • Small Antique English Brass Framed Magnifying Glass c.1900
    Located in Bath, GB
    A small antique English magnifying glass with a polished brass handle and frame. The glass has a good magnification and remains in undamaged condition. Dating to c.1900, it remains...
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    Antique Early 1900s British Edwardian Scientific Instruments

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    Brass

  • Antique English Brass Coddington Magnifying Glass c.1880
    Located in Bath, GB
    An unusual late nineteenth century Coddington magnifying glass made from English brass having been professionally polished. Excellent condition measuring 3" x 1" x 1". Item ID: 443...
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    Antique 1880s British Late Victorian Scientific Instruments

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    Brass

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