English double spring folding eyeglasses with smoked glass oval lenses in an aluminium frame

Made:: 1890-1909 in England

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English double spring folding eyeglasses with smoked glass oval
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English double spring folding eyeglasses with smoked glass oval lenses in an aluminium frame, c 1900 (only 15 years after aluminium became commonly available).

Details

Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1921-323/332

Materials:: aluminium alloy, steel and glass

Measurements:: overall: 35 mm x 105 mm x 4 mm, , .01kg

type:: nose spectacles - pince nez

credit:: Dunscombe collection of spectacles

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