Pair of spectacles, male style, NHS frame with torric lenses

Made:: 1946-1983 in United Kingdom

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Spectacles, male style, NHS frame
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Spectacles, male style, NHS frame, torric lenses with low plus power, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1946-1983. Probably, the first pair of reading glasses.

Details

Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1983-719

Materials:: steel (metal), metal (unknown), glass and plastic (unidentified)

Measurements:: overall (closed): 25 mm x 130 mm x 40 mm, .298kg

type:: spectacles

credit:: Wigmore, V.

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