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'Countess' spectacles & case & lens cleaning cloth
SPECTACLES
spectacles; spectacles case; lens cleaning cloth
Flint, Leslie Gordon
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton
Mid-20th c.
plastic; metal; glass; cloth

Spectacles. 1/20th 10 carat rolled gold and plastic combination frame. Stepped metal bridge with highly decorated surface, gold-marked on the underside. Semi-rimless lenses with dark brown plastic hoods that also morph into integral nose pads. High joints, vertically pinned to frontleading to thin metal drop-end sides with dark brown plastic end covers. Slightly upswept glass prescription lenses. Together with a rigid red material-covered metal side-opening snap case, with beige velvet lining and gold-coloured business branding on inner lip. Together with a pink lens cleaning cloth, with undulating edges, branded in the upper left corner for an ophthalmic optician.

2024.77

Gift of Lisa Morgan in memory of Mr John Beddows, 2022