Silver frame spectacles, no lenses, engraved 'Adams, Patent'

Made:: 1797 in London

maker:: Dudley Adams

Silver frame spectacles, without lenses, in red case

This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print

Buy

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

License

Silver frame spectacles, without lenses, in red case
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Silver frame spectacles, without lenses, in red case, engraved 'Adams, Patent', patented by Dudley Adams in 1797 (see note)

Details

Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1918-284

Materials:: silver (metal), brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), wood (unidentified), velvet and paper (fibre product)

Measurements:: overall (case closed): 18 mm x 118 mm x 58 mm, .029kg
overall (specs folded): 45 mm x 110 mm x 65 mm, .027kg

type:: spectacles

credit:: Trustees of the Lee Settled Estates per Mrs. P.D. Lee

Cite this page

Rights

We encourage the use and reuse of our collection data.

Data in the title, made, maker and details fields are released under Creative Commons Zero . Descriptions and all other text content are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence

Using our data

Download

Download catalogue entry as json

Download manifest IIIF

Our records are constantly being enhanced and improved, but please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information shown on this website.