Adams headband spectacles

Made:: 1794-1796 in England

Adams headband spectacles, turnpin, silver, dated 1796, by I.P
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Adams headband spectacles, turnpin, silver, dated 1796, by I.P., in snap lid leather case, English, 1794-1796

Details

Category:: Ophthalmology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A681887

Materials:: frame, silver, case, leather and case, velvet, lining

Measurements:: overall: height 67 mm
folded: length 122 mm
extended: length 150 mm
width 105 mm
lens: diameter 29 mm
case: length 115 mm
case: width 55 mm
case: depth 20 mm

type:: spectacles

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