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Recumbent Spectacles & case
SPECTACLES
recumbent spectacles
Theodore Hamblin Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London W1
Mid 20th c.
metal; glass; leather; velvet; silk; thread

Recumbent spectacles. Shiny white metal frame. W-bridge with dipping browbar and clear plastic pad, plus additional padding from black thread Centre joints. Straight sides with flared ends. Rectangular eyes containing prisms within grey metal hoods. Together with an unusually-shaped black leather-covered, hinged, side-opening case with curving and pointed ends, lined in dark blue silk and purple velvet. Gokl-coloured inscription inside lining of lid.


2019.313

Gift of Mr and Mrs John Holt, 2019



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