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Discarded spectacles used by a homeless person
SPECTACLES
spectacles
Europe: United Kingdom
Late 20th c.
metal; plastic
DBL: 26 mm; eye: 51 mm; side: 132 mm
2017.480
SPECTACLES
spectacles
Europe: United Kingdom
Late 20th c.
metal; plastic
DBL: 26 mm; eye: 51 mm; side: 132 mm
Spectacles. Shiny white metal frame with unusually thick bowed bridge and single plastic saddle nose pad behind. Small, wrap-around lugs, inclined, leading to sprung centre joints and flat-section drop-end sides with lightly tinted plastic end covers. Rectangular eye rims, glazed with very thick prescription lenses. (Both lenses chipped to rear).
2017.480
Gift of Vision Care for Homeless People via Elaine Styles, 2017