Chinese folding eyeglasses with large thick round lenses

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

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Chinese folding eyeglasses with large thick round lenses
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Chinese folding eyeglasses with large thick round lenses,wood and metal bridge and string ear loops attached to the frame.

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1921-323/129

Materials:: complete, metal and wood

Measurements:: overall: 73 mm
lenses: 40 mm

type:: nose spectacles

credit:: Dunscombe collection of spectacles

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