Beautiful, exclusive, luxury antique theatre binoculars made by “Pocoscope” and sold by “La Esmeralda”, they come with original case.

Beautiful, exclusive, luxury antique theatre binoculars made by “Pocoscope” and sold by “La Esmeralda”, they come with original case.

Mexico - 1890s

Size: 8 cm L x 11 cm W x 4 cm H open

Size case: 15 cm L x 13 cm W x 4 cm H

Description Of Item: Folding opera glasses, metal case, covered by brown velvet, One side is decorated with an art nouveau design with a red cabochon emerald in the middle.

with a gilt face through which two eyepiece lenses protrude. They can be protected by pivoted metal cover plates. A vertical knurled disc protrudes through slots in both the top and the base of the case is to enable focussing by changing the distance between the eyepiece and objective lenses. There is an eyelet on the eyepiece side for attaching a cord or chain to go around the neck or wrist. The case is opened by a push button clip and a spring erects the paired objective lenses, The objective lenses are joined by a decorative metal bridge. The case is closed by pressing on a metal T shape on one side of the objective lenses bridge that protrudes outside the case. The T shape is marked ' POCOSCOPE / PATENT ' on one side and ' 43097 ' on the other.

La Esmeralda Hauser-Zivy y Compañía, one of the most luxurious jewelry stores in the country, a company specialized in the sale of select works of art, jewelry, watches and music boxes.

It was inaugurated as a jewelry store on November 27, 1892, by President Porfirio Díaz himself.