'Prima Donna' folding eyeglasses with oval lenses

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

Made:: 1874

'Prima Donna' tortoiseshell folding eyeglasses with metal

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'Prima Donna' tortoiseshell folding eyeglasses with metal
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'Prima Donna' tortoiseshell folding eyeglasses with metal spring, lined plaquets and oval lenses. Marked '10'. Registered 1874.

Details

Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1921-323/280

Materials:: tortoiseshell and metal

Measurements:: lenses: 28 mm,
overall (folded): 70 mm

type:: nose spectacles - pince nez

credit:: Dunscombe collection of spectacles

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