Straight spectacles

Made:: 1780-1850 in England

Straight spectacles, steel wire, in frogmouth leather case, top missing, English, 1780-1850

Details

Category:: Ophthalmology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A682042

Materials:: spectacles, steel (wire), case, leather and case, velvet, lining

Measurements:: height 26 mm
length 125 mm
width 105 mm
H.D.C.D.: width 58 mm
weight 7 grams
case: length 168 mm
case: width 44 mm
case: depth 22 mm

type:: spectacles

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Parts

Frogmouth leather case

Frogmouth leather case, red, top missing, English, 1780-1850

Measurements:: height 26 mm
length 125 mm
width 105 mm
H.D.C.D.: width 58 mm
weight 7 grams
case: length 168 mm
case: width 44 mm
case: depth 22 mm

Materials:: leather and velvet

Object Number:: A682042/1

type:: spectacles case

Straight spectacles

Straight spectacles, steel wire, English, 1780-1850

Measurements:: height 26 mm
length 125 mm
width 105 mm
H.D.C.D.: width 58 mm
weight 7 grams
case: length 168 mm
case: width 44 mm
case: depth 22 mm