English folding eyeglasses

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

Made:: 1860-1879 in England

English folding eyeglasses, with double-action spring

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English folding eyeglasses, with double-action spring, oval lenses and a gold frame, c.1870.

Details

Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1921-323/299

Materials:: gold (plated), metal and glass

Measurements:: overall: 85 mm
overall (display): 27 mm x 136 mm x 8 mm, , .02kg

type:: hand spectacles

credit:: Dunscombe collection of spectacles

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