'Helical' spring folding eyeglasses with oval lenses

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

Made:: 1828-1838 in Bristol

maker:: John Braham

'Helical' spring folding eyeglasses with oval lenses

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'Helical' spring folding eyeglasses with oval lenses, made by John Braham, Bristol, 1828-1838 to Braham's patent No. 389, in 1861.

Details

Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1921-323/279

Materials:: metal, steel, plastic (unidentified) and glass

Measurements:: overall: 32 mm x 110 mm x 4 mm, , .01kg

type:: nose spectacles - pince nez

credit:: Dunscombe collection of spectacles

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