English metal frame spectacles with oval split segment bi-focal lenses and single piece sidearms

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

Made:: 1870-1890 in England

English metal frame spectacles with oval split segment bi-focal

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English metal frame spectacles with oval split segment bi-focal lenses and single piece sidearms, circa 1885.

Details

Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1921-323/190

Materials:: metal, steel and glass

Measurements:: overall: 32 mm x 135 mm x 25 mm, , .015kg

type:: spectacles

credit:: Dunscombe collection of spectacles

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