Objects
Franklin-type split bifocal spectacles
SPECTACLES
spectacles
Europe: United Kingdom
Mid 19th c.
steel; glass
eye: 26 mm x 36 mm; side: 136 mm
2009.190
SPECTACLES
spectacles
Europe: United Kingdom
Mid 19th c.
steel; glass
eye: 26 mm x 36 mm; side: 136 mm
Spectacles. Steel frame. Scroll bridge. Split centre joints. Bowed straight sides with spatula ends. Oval eyes, glazed with split bifocal lenses. All lenses slightly chipped. Right lens features small paper adhesive label marked 618.
2009.190
Gift of Mr and Mrs Robert and Juliette (nee Hugill) Townshend, in memory of George Hugill, 2009