Hinged cap spectacle case

Made:: 1751-1850

Hinged cap spectacle case, shagreen, silver mounted, English
Science Museum Group

Hinged cap spectacle case, shagreen, silver mounted, English, 1751-1850

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Category:: Ophthalmology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A681499

Materials:: wood, shagreen, silver, steel and velvet

Measurements:: length 130 mm
width 45 mm
thickness 15 mm

type:: spectacles component - case

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Hinged cap spectacle case

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