Early c20th MONOCLE With Gallery

Early c20th MONOCLE With Gallery (image 1/1)
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Early c20th MONOCLE With Gallery and String Looks like this one was just for show as no magnification - Possibly Gold-filled? There are three styles of monocle: The first style consists of a simple loop of metal with a lens which was slotted into the eye orbit - these were the first monocles worn in England and could be found from the 1830s onwards The second style which was developed in the 1890s was the most elaborate consisting of a frame with a raised edge-like extension known as the gallery The gallery was designed to help secure the monocle in place by raising it out of the eye orbit slightly so that the eyelashes could not move it Monocles with galleries were often the most expensive - the very wealthy would have the frames custom-made to fit their own eye sockets A sub-category of the galleried monocle was the "sprung gallery" where the gallery was replaced by an incomplete circle of flattened ridged wire supported by three posts The ends were pulled together the monocle was placed in the eye orbit and the ends released causing the gallery to spring out and keep the monocle in place The third style of monocle was frame-less - this consisted of a cut piece of glass with a serrated edge to provide a grip and sometimes a hole drilled into one side for a cord Often the frameless monocle had no cord and would be worn freely. read more
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