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half a pair of nose spectacles & a later case
SPECTACLES
nose spectacles
Asia: Ceylon
(case) c.1900
horn; glass; composition; metal; velvet
overall: 75 x 8 x 37 mm
1999.3773
SPECTACLES
nose spectacles
Asia: Ceylon
(case) c.1900
horn; glass; composition; metal; velvet
overall: 75 x 8 x 37 mm
Nose spectacles (broken; half missing; possibly deliberately - to use as a magnifier). Horn frame. Elaborately carved stem. Round lens. Ceylonese. Contained in unrelated pear-shaped case, brown composition, with hinged lid, metal rims and purple velvet lining.
1999.3773
BOA Purchase from the Polden Collection, 1937