Pivot eyeglasses with double-action patent spring

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

Made:: 1854

Tortoiseshell pivot eyeglasses with double-action patent(?)

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Tortoiseshell pivot eyeglasses with double-action patent(?)
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Tortoiseshell pivot eyeglasses with double-action patent(?) spring. Frame is broken. Dated 1854.

Details

Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1921-323/260

Materials:: tortoiseshell and complete

Measurements:: overall: 80 x 35 mm

type:: hand spectacles

credit:: Dunscombe collection of spectacles

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