Straight eye preserver spectacles

Made:: 1801-1900 in China

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Straight eye preserver spectacles, horn or bone, with circular amber lenses, Chinese, 1801-1900

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Category:: Ophthalmology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A69373

Materials:: complete, horn, bone and amber

Measurements:: overall: 55 mm x 155 mm x 10 mm, .02 kg

type:: sun-glasses

credit:: Loan, Wellcome Trust

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Straight eye preserver spectacles

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