Pince nez spectacles

Pince nez spectacles, gold plated, leather nose pad strips

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Pince nez spectacles, gold plated, leather nose pad strips
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Pince nez spectacles, gold plated, leather nose pad strips, English, c. 1900. According to R-card, spectacles should be accompanied by "tooled leather case, red and gold", now missing

Details

Category:
Ophthalmology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A682414
Materials:
frame, gold (plated) and leather, nose pad and straps
Measurements:
height 46 mm
width 100 mm
lenses: width 36 mm
arch: depth 4 mm
type:
nose spectacles - pince nez