Authentic Models Oxford Magnifier

Vintage Relics

The Authentic Models Oxford Magnifier is a beautiful magnifying glass completed with duotone bronze. Magnifiers are wonderful relics from the days before 'zoom-in', satnavs and Google Earth, when thumbnail-sized road maps and fine, small print was almost impossible to read.

Now popular accessories and fashionable collector's objects, place this reader's glass on your sophisticated coffee table to give your room setting a highly interesting, vintage look.

 French Finish

This magnifier has a lustrous black French finished rosewood handle. 'French finish' involves at least five coats of varnish being applied, with sanding in between. The idea is to create a rich coat that, together with applications of subtle patinas and mixed waxes, results in an aged and lived-in look.

A Closer Look

Whether its the signature on the painting you just purcased at the out-of-the-way estate sale, the small print in a marriage contract or the disclaimer on the business endeavour - it always pays to have a closer look! Magnifiers are wonderfully old-fashioned tools for inspecting those hard-to-see tiny points of interest.