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'Walter & Herbert' lens cleaning cloth
ACCESSORIES
lens cleaning cloth
The Optoplast Actman Eyewear Co. Limited
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Surrey, Weybridge
2015
cloth
overall: 179 mm x 179 mm

Large lens cleaning cloth, square-shaped, with jagged edges. Printed in black and white with a reproduction of a photograph of the works team at Optoplast Mfg Co Ltd, probably in the early 1960s. From left: Rita Marley (in charge of side manufacturing), a man (in charge of barrelling), a woman, Mr Walter Conway, a female secretary, Mr Herbert Thorn, a young man, Mr Tickner. The group is standing behind a PIMO (piercing and moulding) machine for the manufacture of spectacle frame sides. Reverse features a reproduction of a technical drawing from the patent document for Thorn-Conway spectacle joints, plus the modern combined WH brand logo.


2015.77

Gift of The Optoplast Actman Eyewear Co. Limited via Mr James Conway, 2015


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