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Zeiss Low Vision Spectacles and case
SPECTACLES
low vision spectacles
Carl Zeiss (Jena)
Europe: Germany, Thüringen, Jena
c.1910
metal; glass; wood; leather; velvet

Sub-normal vision spectacles. White metal frame. W-bridge with black pad underneath and supplementary thin plastic pads to side. Curl sides with bent ends. Round eyes holding distance focus low vision lenses. Together with two high power (+3 and +12) near vision auxiliary lens caps. +1/+2 astigmatic cap over right eyepiece. With a black leather-covered wooden case, with hinged lid and sliding metal catch, lined in green paper and black velvet.


2013.602

The Norman Bier Collection, transfer from City University, 2013



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