Transverse folding spectacles

Transverse folding spectacles, steel, one lens cracked

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Transverse folding spectacles, steel, one lens cracked
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Transverse folding spectacles, steel, one lens cracked, inside hinged cap case, silver-mounted tortoiseshell, English, 1751-1850

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Category:
Ophthalmology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A681502
Materials:
steel, case, wood, case, steel, case, silver, case, tortoiseshell and case, velvet
Measurements:
length 159 mm
width 118 mm
H.D.C.D.: width 55 mm
height 35 mm
case: length 133 mm
case: width 49 mm
case: thickness 18 mm
type:
spectacles