Pair of gilt brass and imitation tortoiseshell lorgnettes or theater binoculars (wear). Leather-covered wooden case with purple silk interior (accidents, wear). Provenance: - "Lorgnette de Marie de saint de Marbeuf, comtesse Odoard du Hazey, mother of the comtesse de Mailly (1812-1880) which she gave to her granddaughter Henriette de Mailly Nesle (1852-1913) since comtesse de La Rochefoucauld at the age of 18." - Château de Verteuil, former property of the La Rochefoucauld family.