Hand, folding spectacles

Made:: 1801-1900

Hand, folding spectacles, tortoiseshell, English, 1801-1900
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Hand, folding spectacles, tortoiseshell, English, 1801-1900

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Category:: Ophthalmology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A62507

Materials:: tortoiseshell

Measurements:: folded: length 88 mm
extended: length 139 mm
lens: diameter 29 mm

type:: hand spectacles - lorgnette

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Hand, folding spectacles

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