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Half-eye folding eyeglasses
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
folding eyeglasses (pivot type)
Late 1880s
real tortoiseshell; glass
eye: 21 mm x 37 mm

Folding eyeglasses. Real tortoiseshell frame. Two part bridge joined by central rivet. Small fixing post attached to one half of bridge, plus horizontally pinned flange to hold in the folded position, attached to the suspension ring. Half-round eye rims, glazed with prescription lenses.


2017.793

Gift of Mrs Susan Thompson, née Bateman, 2017



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