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Wig spectacles
SPECTACLES
wig spectacles
Europe: United Kingdom
Mid-late 18th c.
iron; glass
DBL: 22 mm; eye: 34 mm; side length: 109 mm

Spectacles. Iron frame. C-bridge. Elongated horizontal lugs with split centre joints, with filed down rivets (one left rivet is a later replacement). Short straight (slightly tapering) sides with large ring ends. Round eye rims, glazed with prescription lenses.


2022.132

Gift of Mr Lawrence Jenkin, 2022



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