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'Airmaster' aviator-style sunglasses
SPECTACLES
sunglasses
M. Wiseman & Company Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom
Early 1930s
metal; plastic
DBL: 20 mm; eye: 59 mm
E2024.MUR/28
SPECTACLES
sunglasses
M. Wiseman & Company Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom
Early 1930s
metal; plastic
DBL: 20 mm; eye: 59 mm
Pair of sunglasses believed to be an original Airmaster, the precursor of Ray-Ban. Yellow metal aviator-style, with slightly dipping browbar and small flat arch bridge, plus auxiliary rear sweat bar clad in pink-coloured acetate plastic. Plain metal pads attached to inner rims. Horizontal centre joints. Flat-section curl sides. Tear-shaped eye rims, glazed with greenish grey-tinted sun lenses.
E2024.MUR/28
On loan from Mr Simon Murray, 2024