English tortoiseshell pivot eyeglasses with oval lenses

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

Made:: 1830-1849 in England

English tortoiseshell pivot eyeglasses with oval lenses, c

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English tortoiseshell pivot eyeglasses with oval lenses, c. 1840.

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1921-323/253

Materials:: tortoiseshell, glass, silver plated and copper (alloy)

Measurements:: overall (open): 30 mm x 135 mm x 9 mm, , .01kg
overall (lenses): 40 mm x 25 mm

type:: hand spectacles

credit:: Dunscombe collection of spectacles

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English tortoiseshell pivot eyeglasses with oval lenses

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