Pantoscopic spectacles with one piece side-arms

Made:
1834 in London and Birmingham
maker:
George Richards Elkington
Tortoiseshell pantoscopic spectacles with one piece side-arms Tortoiseshell pantoscopic spectacles with one piece side-arms

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Tortoiseshell pantoscopic spectacles with one piece side-arms
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Tortoiseshell pantoscopic spectacles with one piece side-arms
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Tortoiseshell pantoscopic spectacles with one piece side-arms. Elkington patent number 6692, dated 1834.

Details

Category:
Optics
Object Number:
1921-323/195
Materials:
tortoiseshell and complete
Measurements:
lenses: 36 mm x 22 mm
overall (folded): 127 mm
type:
spectacles
credit:
Dunscombe collection of spectacles