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Scleral contact lenses & case
CONTACT LENSES AND ACCESSORIES
contact lens; contact lens case; box; photograph (b+w)
David Blackstone Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom, England, West Yorkshire, Leeds
1950s
glass; plastic; rubber; foam; cardboard; paper; photographic paper
case: 17 mm x 62 mm x 50 mm; lens diameter: 24 mm; outer box: 31 mm x 83 mm x 74 mm; photograph: 136 mm x 85 mm
2020.25
CONTACT LENSES AND ACCESSORIES
contact lens; contact lens case; box; photograph (b+w)
David Blackstone Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom, England, West Yorkshire, Leeds
1950s
glass; plastic; rubber; foam; cardboard; paper; photographic paper
case: 17 mm x 62 mm x 50 mm; lens diameter: 24 mm; outer box: 31 mm x 83 mm x 74 mm; photograph: 136 mm x 85 mm
Pair of glass haptic scleral contact lenses, each with a single fenestration, engraved R and L, in their original black and pink plastic case, with hinged lid, brass clasp and orange rubber suction holder, together with original supplier's cardboard postage box with separate lid, printed paper lid and bearing a 10d postage stamp. Also a black and white photograph of the owner of the lenses, Audrey Lewis, taken in 1954 while clasping her pet rabbit.
2020.25
Gift of Mrs Barbara Fradley, 2020