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DF Patented Spectacles Model 2000 DT
SPECTACLES
spectacles
Design Features Limited
Europe: Isle of Man, Douglas
1997
metal; rubber
DBL: 16 mm; eye: 58 mm; side: 155 mm

Patented browbar-mounted flip-down spectacle frame. Gold-painted metal frame comprising semi-flexible flat-section browbar with hinged axilliary front featuring a straight bowed bridge with grooved decoration and aviator-style eye rims (glazed with retail display lenses), both browbar and three-quarters of rims featuring inlaid mottled brown imitation tortoiseshell trim. Swept-back lugs, leading to offset high joints overlaid by a gold on black DF logo. Straight sides with half-length brown rubber covers and large rounded tips. Together with an original manufacturer's polythene bag.

2024.122

Gift of Patricia Wild Optometrists, via Mr Ian Hodgson FCOptom, 2023