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'Beaufort' spectacles
SPECTACLES
Windsor spectacles
Europe: United Kingdom
20th c.
rolled gold; plastic; Xylonite
eye width: 40 mm

Spectacles with combination frame. 1/10th 10 ct gold-filled frame with mottled Xylonite rim covers and half-covered sides. W-bridge with groove on upper surface. Curl sides with rounded end stumps. Round eyes, glazed with non-original Crookes B2 tinted prescription lenses. Inscribed under bridge.


2012.644

Gift of Mr Chris Rushen, FCOptom, 2012



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