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'Birgitt' Spectacles with supply card
SPECTACLES
spectacles; spectacle supply card
British American Optical Company Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Hertfordshire, Watford
Late 20th c.
plastic; metal; card
DBL: 20 mm; card: 60 mm x 155 mm; eye: 48 mm; side: 130 cm

Spectacles. Light brown ('Ember') semi-transparent plastic frame. Bowed pad bridge. Vertically-tapering lugs. Embedded triple charnier (five barrel) centre joints. Reinforced drop-end sides, with decorative internal metal. Rectangular eye rims with chamfered top, unglazed. With original yellow-orange dispensing card overprinted in red, with specification details stamped in black. Overleaf a promotion for the Tillyer Executive lens.


2022.244

Gift of Mr Richard Fowle FCOptom, 2015



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