{"product_id":"victorian-tortoiseshell-loupe","title":"Victorian Tortoiseshell Loupe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA useful little Victorian optical tool with two lenses that fold neatly into a tortoiseshell case. Portable scientific instruments like\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e magnifiers, lorgnettes, microscopes and other close-looking devices became refined, personal objects in the 19th century. Wearing one telegraphed to the world that you were both interested in science\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e AND fashionable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMATERIALS: tortoiseshell, glass, metal fittings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAGE: c. 1860\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION: Very good - a couple small chips near both hinge pins on one side\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIZE: 2 3\/8\" length including the bale, 1\/2\" width\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52637503357210,"sku":"N3126","price":825.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0156\/5502\/files\/N3126-1.jpg?v=1787082651","url":"https:\/\/checkout.ericaweiner.com\/products\/victorian-tortoiseshell-loupe","provider":"Erica Weiner LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}