'Eye-preserver' spectacles

Made:
1831-1860 in London
maker:
Dollond family
Tortoiseshell 'eye-preserver' spectacles with two sets of green 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
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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