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Sample 'Algha' NHS C221 spectacles
SPECTACLES
child spectacles
M. Wiseman & Company Ltd; British American Optical Company Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London
1948-1970
metal; plastic; cardboard
DBL: 21 mm; PD: 58 mm; box: 31 mm x 145 mm x 63 mm; eye: 34 mm x 37 mm

Sample NHS child's spectacle frame. White metal frame. Crested bridge with separate 'pearl' white plastic pads. Centre joints. Flat-section curl sides. (Right side detached). PRO eye rims with dark brown xylonite rim covers, unglazed. Together with an historic cardboard box with separate lid, marked with NHS code and dates of manufacture.


2018.368

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



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