Transverse folding tinted spectacles

Transverse folding tinted spectacles

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Transverse folding tinted spectacles, eye preservers, tortoiseshell, quartz and brass, broken, Chinese, 1801-1900 (Sir Wilfrid Peek Collection).

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Category:
Ophthalmology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A682662
Materials:
rims, tortoiseshell, bridge, brass, sides, brass and lenses, quartz
Measurements:
length 144 mm
folded: length 90 mm
approx.: width 133 mm
height 54 mm
type:
spectacles