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PINCE-NEZ AND FOLDING EYEGLASSES
pince-nez spectacles; pince-nez case
Lawrence & Mayo
Europe: United Kingdom
Early 20th c.
metal; glass; plastic; leather; silk; velvet
case: 28 mm x 124 mm x 50 mm; eye: 30 mm x 38 mm
Pince-nez spectacles. White metal (nickel?) frame. Triple-bar telescopic bridge. Pivoted clear plastic plaquets (slightly distorted). D-shaped yellow-tinted side visors hinged at sides with internally-textured end portions serving as temple grips. Spectacle curl sides with end-stumps, not attached to front joints but rather attached by screws part way along their length to the visor shields. Flat-top D-shaped eye rims, similarly glazed with yellow-tinted lenses. Together with a shallow, rectangular dark brown leather-covered wooden case with hinged lid and friction catch, lined with green velvet and silk
2022.147
Gift of Mr Richard Fowle FCOptom, 2015