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rare whalebone spectacles
SPECTACLES
spectacles
c.1750
whalebone (baleen)
overall: 130 mm

Spectacles. Whalebone frame welded as two strips and tied at the bridge after insertion of the lenses. C-bridge. Straight sides with slightly bent ends. Round eyerims, glazed.


1999.1288

Gift of Professor A. von Pflugk, 1935



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