Title: Antique Glass Magnifier Advertising Paperweight Tool Design
Shipping: $19.00
Artist: N/A
Period: Contemporary
History: N/A
Origin: N/A
Condition: Museum Quality
Item Date: 1930s to 1950s
Item ID: 4898
Vintage advertising paperweight and magnifier with a convex center encircled. There is some wear to the paperweight/magnifier, it is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks. This is a beautiful, shaped, glass paperweight and magnifying glass that is in good condition with only light, topical scratching to be found. This glass magnifier will help you read the small print. No doubt used by lawyers, politicians, and philosophers over the years. Classic antique glass patina finish suitable for everday use in the home or office. This portable magnifier is well-suited for use as an inspection magnifier for many hobbies, collections, map reading, or simply adorning your fine wood furniture. The actual power of the lens is not stated. It has a powerful magnification.
A magnifier is a device used for magnification. Magnifier can also refer to: Magnifying glass, an optical device for magnification. A magnifying glass (called a hand lens in laboratory contexts) is a convex lens that is used to produce a magnified image of an object. The lens is usually mounted in a frame with a handle. A sheet magnifier consists of many very narrow concentric ring-shaped lenses, such that the combination acts as a single lens but is much thinner. This arrangement is known as a Fresnel lens. The earliest evidence of "a magnifying device, a hi lens forming a magnified image," dates back to 424 BC Aristophanes "lens" is a glass globe filled with water.(Seneca says that it can be used to read letters no matter how small or dim), Roger Bacon described the properties of magnifying glass in 13th-century England, followed by the development of eyeglasses in 13th-century Italy.
