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'Slip behind' drop-front
SPECTACLES
drop-front
Europe: United Kingdom
Mid 20th c.
rolled gold; paper
eye: 38 mm; overall front: 39 mm x 141 mm

Drop-front spectacle frame. 1/10th 10ct gold-filled. Arched bridge. Pear-shaped loop handle on right. Long, tapering, projecting bar on left. Round eye rims, unglazed. With historic paper label bearing handwritten description.


2018.839

Gift of Mr Rian Love/OATS/City University, 2015



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