English clip eyeglasses

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

Made:: 1890-1909 in England

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English clip eyeglasses, folding
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English clip eyeglasses, folding, with patent double shell plaquets and oval lenses (frame only). c. 1900.

Details

Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1921-323/367

Materials:: silver (alloy) and tortoiseshell

Measurements:: overall: 40 mm x 120 mm x 10 mm, , .005kg

type:: nose spectacles - pince nez

credit:: Dunscombe collection of spectacles

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