Folding eyeglasses with double action coiled springs and oval lenses

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

Made:: 1850-1869

Gold folding eyeglasses with double action coiled springs and
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Gold folding eyeglasses with double action coiled springs and oval lenses. Dated about 1860.

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1921-323/287

Materials:: gold

Measurements:: lenses: 28 mm,
overall (folded): 60 mm

type:: nose spectacles - pince nez

credit:: Dunscombe collection of spectacles

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Folding eyeglasses with double action coiled springs and oval lenses

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