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Chinese spectacles
SPECTACLES
oriental spectacles
Anglo American Optical Company
Europe: United Kingdom; Asia: China
1st half 20th c.
metal; glass
DBL: 38 mm; eye: 31 mm x 40 mm; overall front: 156 mm

Spectacles with unusually wide pupillary distance. Yellow metal frame. Wide W-bridge. Double width split centre joints (made by combining two joint components), leading to thin wire curl sides with end stumps. Oval eye rims, glazed with plano blue-tinted lenses.


2015.232

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



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