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spectacles with Interchangeable trim (patent applied for)
SPECTACLES
interchangeable spectacles
Frederick Bateman & Co Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom
c.1951
plastic

Spectacles. Plastic (cellulose acetate) frame in crystal. Keyform pad bridge. High joints, vertically pinned. Reinforced sides with drop ends. Accompanied by four Interchangeable decorative attachments for front, attached via four metal studs (two missing) which push into drilled holes on the frame front, in transparent dark blue, transparent green, opaque pink and opaque cream. Slightly upswept oval-shaped eyes with pointed outer upper rims. Unglazed.


2012.64

Gift of Dixeys of Horley, via Mrs Rosemary Hooker, 2012



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