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Tanners Fishing Glasses
SPECTACLES
sunglasses
Autoglaze Optical
Europe: United Kingdom, England
1994
metal; plastic

Spectacles for fishermen comprising a gold-coloured powder-coated metal frame with double bar bridge, centre joints, flat-section drop-end sides with black plastic end covers, screw-attached plastic semi-transparent side visors and a pair of round plastic polarised tinted lenses joined by browbar which hooks over upper bar of frame bridge to form movable lever, the sideways movement of which causes the lenses to rotate within the eye rims. Together with an original retail tag of round paper attached by a white plastic tie.

2009.340

Gift of Mr Brian Ariel, FCOptom, 2009