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LicensePair of tortoiseshell framed spectacles
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Pair of tortoiseshell framed spectacles, with pale blue tinted glass, adjustable textile eye shades and folding arms with loops, unsigned, European, 1850-1900.
Details
- Category:
- Optics
- Object Number:
- 1928-858
- Materials:
- tortoiseshell, brass (copper, zinc alloy), textile, iron and glass
- Measurements:
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overall (closed): 28 mm x 130 mm x 35 mm,
overall (open): 28 mm x 130 mm x 165 mm, .13kg
- type:
- sun-glasses
- credit:
- Court, Thomas Henry
