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Sample 'Algha' NHS 421 spectacles
SPECTACLES
spectacles
M. Wiseman & Company Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London
1948-1960
metal; xylonite; cardboard
DBL: 19 mm; PD: 59 mm; box: 20 mm x 146 mm x 64 mm; eye: 37 cm x 40 mm

Sample NHS spectacle frame. Yellow metal frame. Crested bridge with separate pink plastic pads. Centre joints. Flat-section curl sides. PRO eye rims with dark brown Xylonite rim covers, unglazed. Attached to a strung paper identity tag. Together with an historic cardboard box with separate lid, marked with NHS code and dates of manufacture.


2018.361

Gift of Mr Rian Love/OATS/City University, 2015



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