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Single lens pocket reading glass
MAGNIFIERS AND QUIZZING GLASSES
reading glass
Europe: United Kingdom
18th-19th c.
horn; glass
lens: 28.5 mm; overall: 36 mm x 56 mm
2010.209
MAGNIFIERS AND QUIZZING GLASSES
reading glass
Europe: United Kingdom
18th-19th c.
horn; glass
lens: 28.5 mm; overall: 36 mm x 56 mm
Lens rim of stained horn with short handle, pierced with a round hole. Glazed with single glass lens of low positive power and blue tint. Bears an original collector's label.
2010.209
Gift of Mr Tony Blackham, FCOptom, 2010