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Trial Case
TRIAL CASES, FRAMES AND REFRACTOR HEADS
trial case
Pickard & Curry
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London
1880s
wood; brass; metal; glass; silk; felt
overall: 70 mm x 316 mm x 291 mm
2020.59
TRIAL CASES, FRAMES AND REFRACTOR HEADS
trial case
Pickard & Curry
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London
1880s
wood; brass; metal; glass; silk; felt
overall: 70 mm x 316 mm x 291 mm
Wooden trial case with hinged lid and two revolving brass clasps (right clasp part missing). Fixed internal rack of (originally) twenty four pairs of lenses in yellow metal rims and twenty four pairs of lenses in white metal rims, nine prisms and seventeen assorted accesories including colour filters, stenopaiec slits and Maddox rods. Lens powers scratched on surface of lenses. Maker's inscription on lining of case lid. Blank brass plate on upper surface of lid. Keyhole escutcheon (key missing). Red felt underlay to base. Together with a metal and ivorine adjustable trial frame.
2020.59
Gift of Mr Barry Covill, 2020