Transverse folding spectacles

Made:: 1785-1787 in England

Transverse folding spectacles, silver, hallmarked London, 1787
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Transverse folding spectacles, silver, hallmarked London, 1787, by T.W. and I.W.W. English, 1785-1787

Details

Category:: Ophthalmology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A682197

Materials:: frame, silver

Measurements:: height 33 mm
folded: length 106 mm
extended: length 157 mm
width 117 mm
H.D.C.D.: width 57 mm
grams: weight 33 kg

type:: spectacles

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