English rimless rigid eyeglasses with horizontal bar

Made:
1900-1919 in England
English rimless rigid eyeglasses with horizontal bar

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English rimless rigid eyeglasses with horizontal bar
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English rimless rigid eyeglasses with horizontal bar, gold frame and oval astigmatic lenses, c. 1910.

Details

Category:
Optics
Object Number:
1921-323/381
Materials:
gold plated (gilded), metal (unknown), copper (alloy), brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass and cork
Measurements:
overall: 35 mm x 97 mm x 10 mm, , .01kg
type:
nose spectacles - pince nez
credit:
Dunscombe collection of spectacles