Vintage Tortoise Shell Glasses

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Vintage tortoise shell glasses.

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Vintage art glass tortoise shell cased hand blown dof tumbler glasses set of 2 gizmosgallery. Tortoiseshell was widely used from ancient times in the west and in asia until the trade was banned in the 1970s. Vintage tortoiseshell and bakelite eyeglass frames started appearing sometime in the early 1900 s. The tortoise shell glasses craze really took off in the 50s thanks to the world famous ray ban aviators.