Transverse folding tinted eye preserver spectacles

Transverse folding tinted eye preserver spectacles

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Transverse folding tinted eye preserver spectacles
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Transverse folding tinted eye preserver spectacles, rimless quartz and brass, in embroidered chatelaine silk, pull off case, Chinese, 1801-1900

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Category:
Ophthalmology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A682643
Materials:
spectacles, brass, spectacles, quartz, case, silk, case, cardboard, cse, cord and case, glass
Measurements:
length 82 mm
extended: length 134 mm
width 115 mm
HDCD: width 59 mm
height 38 mm
case: length 138 mm
case: width 59 mm
case: thickness 24 mm
type:
sun-glasses