Antique French 6-Draw Opera Glass, Telescope, Monocular, Napoleon Era Vernis Martin Barrel DeBruyn yet they're 120-150 years old

yet they're 120-150 years old

and a zipper back allows you to replace it

Professionally restrung and preserved thus

we can confirm there is a slight warp to the lid (see detail images) and that slight warp of the old wood

Antique French 6-Draw Opera Glass, Telescope, Monocular, Napoleon Era Vernis Martin Barrel DeBruyn yet they're 120-150 years oldI imagine this was originally found at the boutiques of the old Palais Royal promenade, the little stars all around and the hand painted barrel in layers of paint and varnish giving it depth and added appeal and value. That method is routinely called, "Vernis Martin" after the brothers Martin who invented it. A method much loved by Marie Antoinette, but I digress. The compact opera glass, surely a gentleman's, would collapse and tuck into a pocket.