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'Helden' spectacles
SPECTACLES
spectacles
Europe: West Germany
Mid-late 20th c.
rolled gold; plastic
DBL: 22 mm; eye: 54 mm

Spectacles. 1/20th 12 carat gold-filled frame (shiny white metal appearance). One-piece browbar, dipped bridge and swept-back lugs. Ribbing to bridge, lugs and sides. Clear plastic pads attached separately to inner rims. Crown motif visible through pads. Off-set high joints leading to flat-section drop-end sides with black plastic end covers. Rectangular eye rims with closing screws, mounted to reverse of browbar, unglazed.


2019.762

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



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