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SPECTACLES
spectacles
UK Optical Bausch & Lomb Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom, England
Mid 20th c.
metal; plastic; glass; nylon
DBL: 20 mm; eye: 44 mm
Semi-rimless spectacles. Bronze-painted metal frame. One-piece browbar, dipped bridge and pointed and feathered lugs. Pink plastic pads attached separately to inner rims. Triple charnier high joints vertically pinned to front and horizontally pinned to sides but with identical three-part pin covers to both front and sides. Flat-section, slightly tapering drop-end sides with incised decoration on the outer surface and clear plastic end covers with ribbed texture to inner surface. Remnant of a manufacturer's paper label on inner surface of right end. White metal part upper rims only, riveted to browbar from the rear. Glazed with semi-rimless shaped glass prescription lenses.
2021.759
Gift of Miss Laura Devine in memory of her brother Henry Devine, 2021