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Chinese spectacles
SPECTACLES
oriental spectacles
Asia: China
19th c.
brass; tortoiseshell
eye: 36 mm

Spectacles. Combination frame. Amber shell (or horn?) rims. Brass metal bridge, joints and sides. Square bridge, bevelled. Centre joints. Ayscough sides with round brown shell medallion ends. Round eye rims, glazed with prescription lens in left eye. (Right lens missing).


2015.220

Gift of Mr Rian Love/OATS/City University, 2015



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