Straight spectacles with folding lenses

Made:
1851-1900 in England
maker:
Unknown
Straight spectacles with folding lenses Straight spectacles with folding lenses
Straight spectacles with folding lenses Straight spectacles with folding lenses

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Straight spectacles, eye preservers, white metal with tinted folding lenses, English, 1851-1900

Details

Category:
Ophthalmology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A682413
Materials:
metal (unknown) and glass
Measurements:
overall: 31 mm x 143 mm x 25 mm, .01 kg
type:
sun-glasses
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust

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