Featured Unusual Optical Device ! Any ideas welcome

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  1. Wendlekins

    Wendlekins Active Member

    D5D739CA-2D78-4AE0-9B23-B44FAC2231B4.jpeg B5B34CA3-1CF8-41AF-B2DD-58EE5AB6843C.jpeg I’ve had this very interesting optical device for a year and I have been mulling over it .
    It’s made of tortoiseshell .
    I think they are scissor spectacles but the coloured glass is intriguing .
    Would love to know more ....... !
     
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  2. Brian Warshaw

    Brian Warshaw Well-Known Member

    Rose tinted spectacles, no doubt.

    More seriously, perhaps an opticians tool for checking colour blindness?
     
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  3. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    With the magnifying loops on one end, I think it is more likely a tool for examining something other than eyes - perhaps a tool used in mineralogy, gemology?
     
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  5. Wendlekins

    Wendlekins Active Member

    Interesting will look into that thank you
     
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  6. Wendlekins

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    Thank you I will investigate that thought
     
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