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Spectacles & case & lens cleaning cloth
SPECTACLES
spectacles; spectacles case; lens cleaning cloth
Clement Clarke Ltd; Dollond & Aitchison Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Kent, Gravesend
Mid 20th c.
metal; glass; leather; cloth; paper
2021.84
SPECTACLES
spectacles; spectacles case; lens cleaning cloth
Clement Clarke Ltd; Dollond & Aitchison Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Kent, Gravesend
Mid 20th c.
metal; glass; leather; cloth; paper
Spectacles. 1/10th 12 carat gold-filled frame. W-bridge. Small split centre joints, leading to thin wire straight sides (possibly straightened and forely with end covers now missing?) Round eye rims, glazed with glass prescription lenses. Together with a rigid black leather-covered metal side-opening snap case, with blue felt lining and gold-coloured 'pince-nez' business branding for a local branch of Clement Clarke on underside. Together with a beige-coloured washable D&A lens cleaning cloth, with undulating edges (possibly unrelated), bearing the Owl logo and Selvyt Trademark.
2021.84
Gift of Mrs Gillian McIntyre, 2020