'Prima Donna' folding eyeglasses with oval lenses

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