Spectacles, straight, tortoiseshell and silver

Made:
1780-1860
Spectacles, straight, tortoiseshell and silver, English

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Spectacles, straight, tortoiseshell and silver, English
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Spectacles, straight, tortoiseshell and silver, English, 1780-1860

Details

Category:
Ophthalmology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A681569
Materials:
tortoiseshell, frames, silver, sides and cotton, binding, loop
Measurements:
height 31 mm
length 98 mm
width 109 mm
H.D.C.D.: width 59 mm
type:
spectacles

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