Spectacles with single piece side-arms and oval bifocal lenses

Made:
1820-1913 in England and Bristol
maker:
Matthew William Dunscombe
Metal spectacles with single piece side-arms and oval bifocal Metal spectacles with single piece side-arms and oval bifocal

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Metal spectacles with single piece side-arms and oval bifocal
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Metal spectacles with single piece side-arms and oval bifocal
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Metal spectacles with single piece side-arms and oval bifocal lenses, top lenses upright for distance, lower oblique for reading. Marked 'DUNSCOMBE BRISTOL'., 1820-1913

Details

Category:
Optics
Object Number:
1921-323/188
Materials:
complete and metal
Measurements:
lenses: 37 mm x 30 mm
overall (folded): 140 mm
type:
spectacles
credit:
Dunscombe collection of spectacles