Folding clip eyeglasses of 'projecting Perfection'

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Folding clip eyeglasses of 'projecting Perfection' type with round lenses and tortoiseshell (?) plaquets in a nickelled steel frame.

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Category:
Optics
Object Number:
1921-323/329
Materials:
complete, steel, tortoiseshell (?)
type:
nose spectacles - pince nez
taxonomy:
  • furnishing and equipment
  • tools & equipment
  • eyeglass
  • spectacles
  • nose spectacles
credit:
Dunscombe collection of spectacles

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