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SPECTACLES
spectacles display
Joint Council of Qualified Opticians
Europe: United Kingdom, England
c.1930
overall: 380 mm
Framed wooden display box containing ten pairs of standard National Health Insurance spectacles and an additional bridge. (i) white metal frame, W-bridge, oval eye, curl side centre joint. (ii) white metal astig frame, (iii) gold-filled frame, W-bridge, oval eye, curl side, centre joint, (iv) gold-filled astig frame, (v) rimless pince-nez, gold-filled finger-piece mount Fitz-U type, (vi) gold-filled frame, W-bridge, round eye with xylonite cover, curl side, (vii) imitation shell frame, comfort bridge, drop ends, round eye, (viii) white metal frame, pad bridge, round eye with xylonite rim, curl sides, high joints, (ix) pince-nez, gold-filled finger piece mount Fitz U type, xylonite rim (x) rimless spectacles with gold-filled curl sides, W-bridge, oval eye, centre joints, (xi) gold metal pad bridge.
1999.921