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'Elkington' wig spectacles with pantoscopic tilt
SPECTACLES
pantoscopic spectacles
Elkington, George
Europe: United Kingdom
c.1850
tortoiseshell; glass; metal
overall: 20 x 115 mm

Spectacles. Real tortoiseshell frame with a front tilted forwards. High arched bridge. Metal-to-metal Elkington-type centre joints. Thin turnpin sides with oval loop ends. Half eye/pantoscopic oval eye rims, glazed. Double crests on both eye rims near bridge.


1999.4980

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