Straight spectacles

Straight spectacles, blued steel wire

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Straight spectacles, blued steel wire
Science Museum Group

Straight spectacles, blued steel wire, with hinged gauze eye preservers, English, c. 1860

Details

Category:
Ophthalmology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A682417
Materials:
frame, steel (blued wire) and gauze, preservers
Measurements:
height 36 mm
length 132 mm
width 126 mm
H.D.C.D.: width 66 mm
type:
protective spectacles
credit:
Albert Bailey Optical Mission