Transverse folding spectacles

Made:: 1836-1838 in Sweden

Transverse folding spectacles, silver, hallmarked
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Transverse folding spectacles, silver, hallmarked, by Johan David Blomsterwalll, Goteborg, Sweden, 1836-1838

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Category:: Ophthalmology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A62274

Materials:: frame, silver

Measurements:: height 34 mm
folded: length 119 mm
extended: length 167 mm
width 119 mm
H.D.C.D.: width 57 mm
weight 22 grams

type:: spectacles

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Transverse folding spectacles

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