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Folding Eyeglasses
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
folding eyeglasses
Tovey, F. I.
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Somerset, Bath
Early 20th c.
tortoiseshell; metal; glass
eye: 34 mm

Folding eyeglasses. Real tortoiseshell frame. Curved bridge with central pivot/rivet. Ring handle on short stem with flange to hold in fixed position. Round eyes with historic metal repair to upper edge of right rim adjoining bridge. Glazed.


2009.485/2

Gift of Mr John C. Adams, MCOptom, 2009



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