Objects
SPECTACLES
low vision spectacles
Keeler
Europe: United Kingdom
c.1965
metal; glass; plastic
overall (bar): 76 mm
Low vision aid comprising two-tone brown and crystal laminate plastic spectacle frame with pad bridge, pointed lugs and high joints, horizontally pinned to front and sides, reinforced drop-end sides and upswept outer eyerims, but inner rims partly glazed in peripheral area and with binocular bar-type mount with recessed nasal area screw-attached to front of bridge, bearing two angled near vision telescopic units for low vision patients, each with round lenses with shallow grey metal barrels, X2 magnification.
2013.627
The Norman Bier Collection, transfer from City University, 2013