Antique Pince-Nez Spectacles – Hicks Brunson Eyewear

Pictured here are several examples of Pince-Nez style spectacles from our personal archive.  This style was at the height of its popularity around the late 19th to early 20th century. The name comes from the French pincer, to pinch, and nez, nose. The pince-nez style became popular when wearing eyeglasses all the time had fallen (temporarily, of course) out of favor, causing many to prefer this fashion, which allowed the spectacles to be easily stored in a jacket pocket and affixed with a chain or cord to be simply retrieved when one needed them. Similar to the monocle, but more practical and less Monopoly-Guy-Mister-Peanut, the pince-nez was favored by many notable people such as Russian writer Anton Chekhov and President Theodore Roosevelt. President Theodore Roosevelt was well known for wearing the pince-nez style, as evidenced by the distinctive spectacles being
Pictured here are several examples of Pince-Nez style spectacles from our personal archive.  This style was at the height of its popularity around the late

Pince-Nez Vintage Eyeglasses for sale

Pince-Nez Vintage Eyeglasses for sale

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Antique14k Gold Pince Nez (Nose Pinch) Glasses Pat 1917 - Ruby Lane

Vintage Masunaga frames circ. 1930's.

Early 20th Century Pince-nez Spectacles from the HBE vault. www.HicksBrunson.com

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Antique14k Gold Pince Nez (Nose Pinch) Glasses Pat 1917 - Ruby Lane

Antique Pince Nez

Pince-Nez Vintage Eyeglasses for sale

Antique Pince Nez

Offered is this unusual set of vintage eyeglasses. They were patented under patent number 674,974 in 1901. They had nose rests that clamped upon the

Vintage Prince Nez Eyeglasses or Spectacles w/ Original Case

Hicks Brunson Eyewear

pince-nez brown frame & gray lenses, pince-nez tinted lenses is from unsold inventory from mid-1800s. In those days tinted lenses were felt to be

pince-nez brown frame & gray lenses plano

10 Ct Gold Pince Nez Glasses With Chain/ Decorative Hairpin, Original Case, RH Dyer, Newport Maine, Circa 1900, Antique, Rare Find