Spectacles, hand, folding

Made:: 1838-1919 in England

Spectacles, hand, folding, short transverse single fold
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Spectacles, hand, folding, short transverse single fold, silver frame, tortoiseshell housing, English, 1838-1919

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Category:: Ophthalmology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A682112

Materials:: frame, silver and housing, tortoiseshell

Measurements:: frame: width 90 mm
lens: height 31 mm
lens: width 31 mm
handle: length 65 mm
folded: thickness 11 mm

type:: spectacles

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Spectacles, hand, folding

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