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The Dual Sight
SPECTACLES
double spectacles
Nylon-Supra Ltd; Melson Wingate Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom, England
Early 1950s
plastic; metal
DBL: 22 mm; eye: 40 mm x 42 mm; side: 135 mm

Spectacles. Dark brown mottled plastic (imitation tortoiseshell) frame. Slightly bowed regular bridge, deep lugs vertically pinned to front and triple-pinned to thick library sides, each side partly chamfered to accommodate a swivelling auxiliary lens addition, dependent from joints, capable of being aligned with the upper or lower lens. Non-reinforced drop-end sides. PRO eye rims, unglazed.


2017.707

Gift of Mr Nigel Wingate FCOptom, 2017



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