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wig spectacles
SPECTACLES
wig spectacles
Europe:
c.1750-1850
tortoiseshell; cloth
eye: 27 mm; side: 78 mm
2017.772
SPECTACLES
wig spectacles
Europe:
c.1750-1850
tortoiseshell; cloth
eye: 27 mm; side: 78 mm
Spectacles. Real tortoiseshell frame. Bowed arch bridge. Wide lugs with double charnier centre joints, vertically pinned. Short, straight sides with drop-loop 'Japanese' ends, the loops infilled with black velvet pads. Round eye rims, unglazed.
2017.772
Gift of Mr Rian Love/OATS/City University, 2015