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'The Covrim' (Windsor) spectacle
SPECTACLES
spectacles
Wheway Optical Co Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Warwickshire, Birmingham
Early-Mid 20th c.
rolled gold; Xylonite; wax paper
DBL: 22 mm; envelope: 63 mm x 145 mm; eye: 36 mm

Spectacles. 1/10th 10 carat gold-filled frame. Grooved W-bridge. Centre joints. Half-covered cable curl sides with end stumps. Round eye rims with mottled brown and yellow Xylonite rim covers, unglazed, with a manufacturer's paper tag attached to the left rim. Together with a waxed paper supply envelope, overprinted in brown.


2019.582

Gift of Mr Peter Booth FCOptom, 2018



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