Early Chinese folding rimless eyeglasses with large round pebble lenses.

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

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Early Chinese folding rimless eyeglasses with large round
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Early Chinese folding rimless eyeglasses with large round pebble lenses. Forehead rest with horn or shell support protrudes from bridge, string earloops attached to lenses.

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1921-323/126

Materials:: metal and complete

Measurements:: overall: 84 x 50 mm

type:: nose spectacles

credit:: Dunscombe collection of spectacles

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