Objects
'Ducal' spectacles
SPECTACLES
spectacles
Essel
Europe: France
1960s-1970s
plastic; metal; glass
DBL: 21 mm; eye: 45 mm; side: 140 mm
2019.952
SPECTACLES
spectacles
Essel
Europe: France
1960s-1970s
plastic; metal; glass
DBL: 21 mm; eye: 45 mm; side: 140 mm
Ladies spectacles. Combination frame comprising one-piece yellow metal browbar and bridge with crystal plastic rims screwed to it from behind and black and crystal laminate decorative hoods from the front. Bowed and dipping bridge with incised decoration to front. Integral plastic pads. Triple charnier high joints. Sinuous acetate sides with drop ends. Slightly upswept eye rims with pointed and swept-back hoods, glazed with glass prescription lenses.
2019.952
Gift of Mr Brian Mitchell, 2010