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trial case
TRIAL CASES, FRAMES AND REFRACTOR HEADS
trial case
Europe: United Kingdom, England
Late 19th c.
wood; metal; glass; silk

Large dark wooden trial case with hinged lid (which has become detached), metal hinges and two clasps of the three round post type. Red silk lining to lid (ripped). Fixed lens rack containing series of spherical (with handles) and cylindrical (without handles) lenses marked in dioptres. Prismatic lenses, occluders and slits. Also some loose lenses including shaped spectacle lenses. Also a pencil and a lens cloth (very dirty).


1999.2703

Gift of W. S. Foulds, 1983



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