Coil spring spectacles (no lenses)

Made:
1948-1965

Coil spring spectacles (no lenses), with round tortoiseshell frames, National Health Service issue, English, 1948-1965

Details

Category:
Ophthalmology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A681250
Materials:
frame, tortoiseshell and coil, metal, wire
Measurements:
height 42 mm
length 100 mm
width 119 mm
H.D.C.D.: width 64 mm
type:
spectacles
credit:
C Davis Keeler Limited

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