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These are a simple pair of glasses with small lenses set within a coin silver frame, with extendable bows (or ear pieces) able to be adjusted to the user's preferred length. These spectacles likely date to the early 19th century, possibly between…

This comb has a 2" upper section with a central flower motif. It should have twenty-one teeth, but one is broken. In Spanish, such combs are known as "peineta," and they are worn to support lace mantillas. Tortoiseshell was a popular material for…

This dark tortoiseshell comb once belonged to the Connecticut-born artist Nina Greenleaf, who lived much of her life abroad in England, France, and Spain. This comb is from Spain, and it probably dates from the 1920s or 1930s. The Spanish word for…