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Folding x-bridge spectacles
SPECTACLES
folding spectacles
Europe
c.1850-1860
steel
eye width: 27 mm; side length: 66 mm
2008.20
SPECTACLES
folding spectacles
Europe
c.1850-1860
steel
eye width: 27 mm; side length: 66 mm
Fully-reversible folding spectacles. Steel frame. Centrally hinged X-bridge. Centre joints. Short straight sides, adjustable vertically at the joint, with pear-shaped loop ends (one end covered in tortoiseshell, the other end broken). Round eyes, unglazed.
2008.20
Gift of Dollond & Aitchison Group, 2008; Ex-Hamblin Collection