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'Algha' E gas mask spectacles
SPECTACLES
gas mask spectacles
M. Wiseman & Company Ltd; Dupont, E.C.
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Leicestershire, Leicester
1950s
steel; glass; paper; metal; leather; velvet
DBL: 26 mm; case: 133 mm; eye: 39 mm; side length to bend: 70 mm

Gas mask spectacles. Nickel steel frame. Slightly bowed one-piece metal pad bridge, welded to inner rims. Half-flat flexible sides with cable curl termini. Round eye rims, glazed. In a black leather-covered metal side-opening sprung-hinged case, with dark blue velvet lining and paper name label inside lid bearing the name 'W. Osborne'. Medical Officer's instruction label in base of case. Together with a separate note from the dispensing optical practice, advising a re-examination date.


2017.463

Gift of Vision Express via Mrs Rachel Pointon MCOptom, 2017



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