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spectacles
SPECTACLES
spectacles
British American Optical Company Ltd; Curry & Paxton Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London, W1
1968
plastic; rolled gold; glass
2022.482
SPECTACLES
spectacles
British American Optical Company Ltd; Curry & Paxton Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London, W1
1968
plastic; rolled gold; glass
Spectacles. Combination gold-plated and acetate frame. Bowed arch bridge with grooved decoration. Plastic pads attached separately to inner rims. Triple charnier high joints vertically pinned to front and horizontally pinned to sides. Decorative wing-shaped pin covers to front and plainer diamond-shaped covers to sides. Reinforced drop-end sides in brown and crystal laminated acetate (imitation tortoiseshell). Yellow metal eye rims set within lamiante plastic hoods, glazed with glass prescription lenses.
2022.482
Gift of Mr Brian Mitchell, 2022