'Eye-preserver' spectacles

PART OF:: Display board of spectacles and lenses, c.1921

Made:: 1831-1860 in London

maker:: Dollond family

Tortoiseshell 'eye-preserver' spectacles with two sets of green

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Tortoiseshell 'eye-preserver' spectacles with two sets of green
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Tortoiseshell 'eye-preserver' spectacles with two sets of green D-shaped lenses and double jointed silver side-arms. In a red leather tuck case marked 'DOLLOND,/ OPTICIAN/ TO HIS MAJESTY/ St Pauls Church Yd/ LONDON', 1831-1860, London, England

Details

Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1921-323/123

Materials:: tortoiseshell, silver, leather and complete

Measurements:: case: 124 x 42 x 19 mm
spectacles: 115 mm,
lenses: 31 mm x 30 mm

type:: sun-glasses

credit:: Dunscombe collection of spectacles

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