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Wig spectacles with unusual mounted brow
SPECTACLES
wig spectacles
Europe: United Kingdom
Early 19th c.
real tortoiseshell; silver; glass; fabric
DBL: 29 mm; eye: 29 mm; side: 104 mm
2019.863
SPECTACLES
wig spectacles
Europe: United Kingdom
Early 19th c.
real tortoiseshell; silver; glass; fabric
DBL: 29 mm; eye: 29 mm; side: 104 mm
Spectacles. Real tortoiseshell frame. Slightly crested arch bridge, the whole of the upper rims and bridge mounted with silver. Wide lugs with metal-to-metal centre joints, vertically pinned to front and sides. Straight, tapering, sides, with roughened textured grip on inner right side at tip. Left side bound in fabric. Oval eye rims, glazed.
2019.863
Gift of The Shanklin Family, 2019