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'Oxford'-type folding eyeglasses with spectacle sides
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
folding eyeglasses; folding pince nez spectacles
Early 20th c.
metal; tortoiseshell; glass
eye: 39 mm; side: 77 mm
2019.23
PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
folding eyeglasses; folding pince nez spectacles
Early 20th c.
metal; tortoiseshell; glass
eye: 39 mm; side: 77 mm
Folding eyeglasses. Dark brown real (?) tortoiseshell frame. Steel spring bridge hinged at both ends. Ring handle. Large round eye rims with flange and fixing post to hold in folded position. Glazed with prescription lenses. Short lugs accommodating low-set metal-to metal joints, horizontally pinned, and auxiliary short spectacle sides with flared ends.
2019.23
Gift of Mr Rian Love/OATS/City University, 2015