Objects
Imitation tortoiseshell spectacles with identification label
SPECTACLES
spectacles
Europe: United Kingdom
1930s
plastic (casein); metal; card; thread
eye: 38 mm
2018.217
SPECTACLES
spectacles
Europe: United Kingdom
1930s
plastic (casein); metal; card; thread
eye: 38 mm
Spectacles. Brown and yellow mottled plastic (casein) imitation tortoiseshell frame. Bowed regular bridge. Short and narrow lugs. Metal-to-metal centre joints, horizontally pinned to front and sides. Drop-end sides with hockey ends. Round eye rims, unglazed. Together with an historic tie-on tag bearing an educational institution's stamp.
2018.217
Gift of Mr Rian Love/OATS/City University, 2015