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folding spectacles
SPECTACLES
folding spectacles
Europe: United Kingdom
1930s
rolled gold; tortoiseshell; metal; plastic; leather
overall (case): 35 mm x 82 mm x 55 mm

Folding spectacles. Real tortoiseshell frame. Hinged at either end of bridge, joints and half way along sides. Bowed gold-filled (?)/yellow metal bridge and textured integral pads. Double charnier centre joints leading to tortoiseshell drop-end sides, horizontally pinned, with 'hockey' ends. Round eye rims, glazed with prescription lenses. Together with an oval-shaped dark brown leather-covered metal snap case lined with oyster pink silk in the lid and velvet in the base.


2017.289

Gift of Mr David Stewart Turner FCOptom, 2017



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