Hinged cap spectacle case

Made:: 1780-1880

Hinged cap spectacle case, tortoise-shell and silver, English
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Hinged cap spectacle case, tortoise-shell and silver, English, 1780-1880

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Category:: Ophthalmology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A680338

Materials:: tortoiseshell and silver

Measurements:: length 131 mm
width 39 mm
height 20 mm

type:: spectacles component - case

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Hinged cap spectacle case

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