Steel framed spectacles with rectangular lenses and simple curved folding arms

Made:: 1780-1830 in Europe

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Steel framed spectacles with rectangular lenses and simple
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Steel framed spectacles with rectangular lenses and simple curved folding arms, unsigned, European, 1780-1830

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1918-38

Materials:: steel (metal) and glass

Measurements:: overall (closed): 15 mm x 145 mm x 12 mm, .01kg

type:: spectacles

credit:: Court, Thomas Henry

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Steel framed spectacles with rectangular lenses and simple curved folding arms

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