Antique Sportiere Leather Embossed Opera Glasses

circa 1880 Fully functional Opera Glasses from LeMaire Fabt.Sportiere Paris. The company that introduced Opera Glasses to France. Not only are these Well made useable binoculars. They are also an over 140 YEAR OLD piece of history. In the 1800s Only the most affluent patrons of live theater and Opera could secure the exclusive private balcony boxes elevated high above the crowd,, unlike modern times where Front Row seats are most costly, two Centuries ago it was the opposite and these Opera Glasses enabled the Royal and Affluent to clearly see the distant stage