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Wig spectacles
SPECTACLES
wig spectacles
Europe: United Kingdom
1st half 19th c.
real tortoiseshell; metal; glass
DBL: 31 mm; eye: 26 mm; side: 160 mm

Spectacles. Real tortoiseshell frame. Slightly bowed arch bridge. Wide lugs with centre joints, vertically pinned to front. White metal, slightly tapering, turnpin sides, with elongated loop ends. Round eye rims, glazed, the right lens badly chipped.


2018.1010

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



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