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Spectacles case - Book closed over spectacles
CASES
spectacles case
Philadelphia Museum of Art; Museum Store Products, Inc.
North America: USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2017
metal; cloth; synthetic velvet
overall: 161 mm
2017.228
CASES
spectacles case
Philadelphia Museum of Art; Museum Store Products, Inc.
North America: USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2017
metal; cloth; synthetic velvet
overall: 161 mm
Spectacle case, fabric-covered metal with printed design. Side-opening with sprung hinge. Black synthetic velvet lining with silver-coloured text inscription. The outer surface reproducing a detail from a painting of a book on a table, the book closing over a pair of white metal spectacles. From an original watercolour on board painting by C. R. Hirst, c.1894.
2017.228
College Purchase, 2017