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Transverse folding spectacles

Made:: 1810-1819 in England

maker:: Matthew Berge

Transverse folding spectacles, tortoiseshell

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Transverse folding spectacles, tortoiseshell
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Transverse folding spectacles, tortoiseshell, made by Matthew Berge, apprenticed to Peter Dollond in 1756, c. 1815

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Category:: Ophthalmology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A62452

Materials:: tortoiseshell, silver (alloy) and glass

Measurements:: folded (closed): 33 mm x 120 mm x 8 mm, , .01kg

type:: spectacles

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