Turn pin spectacles

Turn pin spectacles, steel, tortoiseshell inner rims

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Turn pin spectacles, steel, tortoiseshell inner rims
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Turn pin spectacles, steel, tortoiseshell inner rims, probably for cataract sufferer, English, 1751-1850

Details

Category:
Ophthalmology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A139807
Materials:
frame, steel and frame, tortoiseshell, inner rims
Measurements:
height 36 mm
folded: length 75 mm
extended: length 95 mm
width 113 mm
HDCD: width 56 mm
type:
spectacles
credit:
Glendining