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The 'Geno' Motorists' Spectacles
SPECTACLES
driving spectacles
The General Optical Company
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London, EC1
c.1935
rolled gold; glass; metal; velvet; leatherette; paper
eye: 39 mm

Night-driving spectacles. 1/10th 10 carat gold-filled frame. W-bridge. Centre joints. Cable curl sides with end stumps. Round eye rims, glazed, with rotating lenses bearing a red-tinted emulsion coating. In a black leather-covered metal snap case with black velvet lining. Also a three paragraph printed instruction note.


2019.632

Gift of Mr Peter Booth FCOptom, 2018



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