how old and is this gold............

[aa battery]

the hardware i mean

[Broken knee]

The eye ware may be 10 kt gold filled? you need to test it. HH
Broken Knee

[aa battery]

The eye ware may be 10 kt gold filled? you need to test it. HH
Broken Knee

thanks

[stefen]

To answer your post specifically, yes it's old and looks to be gold...probably late 1800's to early 1900's...I would think that the glass case would help date the glasses.

[taz42o]

Those are called Pince-nez Eyeglasses . There are many on ebay and as broken knee said some are gold filled.
Pince-nez Eyeglasses have no arms, they clip on to the nose. Thus the name Pince-nez which in French means – pincer, to pinch, and nez, nose. Pince-nez reached their peak popularity around 1885 and were popular until around 1920. During their prime, Pince-nez accounted for over two thirds of all eyeglasses worn in the US. They were so popular that the name eyeglasses referred specifically to Pince-nez; spectacles meant frames with ear pieces. There are two basic types of Pince-Nez, The C bridge and The hard Bridge. The general difference between the 2 is that the C bridge has a flexible bridge that presses down on the nose while the hard bridge is not flexible and is held in place by two spring loaded pads that clip on to the nose. Pince-nez started to fall out of favor to a large degree in the 1920s and haven't been manufactured since.

[GpSnoopy]

Nice pair of glasses. I've found the same information as already given. Nice that you have the safety chain with hairpin as well. This was probably a ladies pair.

Because eyeglasses were so fragile back then, they were often attached by the safety chain with ear clips, hairpins, neck chains, shirt clips, etc.

http://www.eyeglasseswarehouse.com/p...accessory.html

[Mackaydon]

There are letters above "Grand Forks"--some appear as 'cian' as in 'optician' . Closer examination might give you the name of the retailer and with that info another chance to date the case.
Don.........

[aa battery]

To answer your post specifically, yes it's old and looks to be gold...probably late 1800's to early 1900's...I would think that the glass case would help date the glasses.

thanks it looks like gold

[aa battery]

Those are called Pince-nez Eyeglasses . There are many on ebay and as broken knee said some are gold filled.
Pince-nez Eyeglasses have no arms, they clip on to the nose. Thus the name Pince-nez which in French means – pincer, to pinch, and nez, nose. Pince-nez reached their peak popularity around 1885 and were popular until around 1920. During their prime, Pince-nez accounted for over two thirds of all eyeglasses worn in the US. They were so popular that the name eyeglasses referred specifically to Pince-nez; spectacles meant frames with ear pieces. There are two basic types of Pince-Nez, The C bridge and The hard Bridge. The general difference between the 2 is that the C bridge has a flexible bridge that presses down on the nose while the hard bridge is not flexible and is held in place by two spring loaded pads that clip on to the nose. Pince-nez started to fall out of favor to a large degree in the 1920s and haven't been manufactured since.

this was in the trunk i found and it is spring loaded

[aa battery]

Nice pair of glasses. I've found the same information as already given. Nice that you have the safety chain with hairpin as well. This was probably a ladies pair.

Because eyeglasses were so fragile back then, they were often attached by the safety chain with ear clips, hairpins, neck chains, shirt clips, etc.

http://www.eyeglasseswarehouse.com/p...accessory.html

and i almost tossed it

[aa battery]

There are letters above "Grand Forks"--some appear as 'cian' as in 'optician' . Closer examination might give you the name of the retailer and with that info another chance to date the case.
Don.........

i will check it