Early spectacles: silver frame

Made:: circa 1820 in United Kingdom

Early spectacles: silver frame, in green shagreen case, unsigned, United Kingdom, c. 1820. Frame engraved "W.T.B". One arm unhinged.

Early spectacles: silver frame

circa 1820

Green shagreen case

circa 1820

Details

Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1918-35

Materials:: shagreen, wood, silver, glass and iron

Measurements:: overall: 7 mm x 206 mm x 47 mm, .061kg

type:: spectacles and spectacle case

credit:: Court, Thomas Henry

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