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Benjamin Franklin's Split Bifocal spectacles (Replica)
SPECTACLES
silver spectacles
I.S.
Europe: United Kingdom
20th c.
silver; glass

Spectacles. Silver frame. Marked with initials. Arched bridge. Split centre joints. Ayscough sides. Round eyes, glazed with split bifocal lenses. Modern replica of 18th c. (c.1784?) spectacles.


1999.5499

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