Extending spectacles

Extending spectacles, tortoiseshell and silver

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Extending spectacles, tortoiseshell and silver
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Extending spectacles, tortoiseshell and silver, damaged and incomplete, English(?), 1790-1850

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Category:
Ophthalmology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A682654
Materials:
arch, tortoiseshell, rims, tortoiseshell and sides, silver
Measurements:
length 103 mm
extended: length 148 mm
width 114 mm
HDCD: width 58 mm
height 29 mm
type:
spectacles
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)