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German Patent Spectacles with auxiliary swivelling lens
SPECTACLES
spectacles
Europe: Germany
Early-mid 20th c.
metal; plastic

Spectacles. Shiny white metal frame with decorative pattern on outer surfaces, pointed apex bridge, split centre joints, half-flattened cable curl sides with rounded end stumps. Round eye rims, unglazed, with third rim on a swivelling arm pivoted from apex of bridge and with a fixing post clip on each main rim to hold it in a steady position.

2016.1012

Gift of Mr Rian Love/OATS/City University, 2015