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D-spectacles, possibly used at the Moss Bay Steel Works
SPECTACLES
D-spectacles
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Cumberland, Workington
c.1870-1910
steel; glass
DBL: 27 mm; eye: 32 mm; overall front: 116 mm; side length to bend (approx): 90 mm

D-spectacles. Thin steel frame and hinged side visors. Knocked-on arch bridge. Sides probably originally straight, but bent to a curl, with small spatula ends. D-shaped eyes. Glazed to front and side rims with 'didymium' blue-tinted glass protective lenses.


2019.945

Gift of Mr Philip Heal FCOptom, 2019



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