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Scarlett-type Spectacles
SPECTACLES
spectacles
Scarlett, Edward
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London
c.1730
metal; iron; glass
overall: 34 x 112 x 34 mm

Spectacles. Iron frame. C bridge with pointed decorative features either end where the bridge meets the rims at the top. Unusual wedge-shaped centre joints. Straight sides with spliced-on spiral ends covered in velvet and stitching. Round eye rims; right rim covered with brown paper and stitched. Glazed with cracked lenses (right lens undersize but possibly original; left lens an historical replacement). Both lenses crudely secured with common glazing putty.


1999.1308

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