Product code: Vintage 1961 Magnifying Glass 3” Dia Compass shop 2497 Made in Japan, mint with box
Vintage Magnifying Glass from 1961. Amazing to have original box. Amazing to be in mint condition. No scratches, shop dents, or blemishes. The company sold this was called “Compass.” There's a style number on the box for this 3” diameter lens magnifying glass, “No. 2497.” Box and stainless steel rim say “JAPAN,” for where this magnifier was made. Length of this tool that helps you see better and closer is 6 7/8” from tip of black wooden handle to top of the steel rim. Weight is 4 ounces for this antique magnifier. Haven't seen one from this late 1950's to early 1960's with its original box like this. This is another rare find of a Midcentury Modern typical tool from that period of economic Post War Modernist stylish yet simple living. Cardboard box is in good vintage condition. In the 1950's and 1960's many elderly and many children delighted in using these magnifiers; elderly for seeing books and newspapers better and children to enlarge shapes and also to try to start a sunlight fire.
Vintage Magnifying Glass from 1961. Amazing to have original box. Amazing to be in mint condition. No scratches, shop dents, or blemishes. The company sold this was called “Compass.” There's a style number on the box for this 3” diameter lens magnifying glass, “No. 2497.” Box and stainless steel rim say “JAPAN,” for where this magnifier was made. Length of this tool that helps you see better and closer is 6 7/8” from tip of black wooden handle to top of the steel rim. Weight is 4 ounces for this antique magnifier. Haven't seen one from this late 1950's to early 1960's with its original box like this. This is another rare find of a Midcentury Modern typical tool from that period of economic Post War Modernist stylish yet simple living. Cardboard box is in good vintage condition. In the 1950's and 1960's many elderly and many children delighted in using these magnifiers; elderly for seeing books and newspapers better and children to enlarge shapes and also to try to start a sunlight fire.