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drop-front & case
SPECTACLES
drop-front; spectacles case
George Odell Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London, W1
Mid 20th c.
steel; glass; leather
overall front: 40 mm x 131 mm

Drop-front spectacle frame. Steel. Flat, bowed bridge. Pear-shaped loop handle on right. Long, tapering, projecting bar on left. Round eye rims, with flattened nasal portions, glazed with prescription lenses. Together with a single drop lens in a matching metal rim. Contained within a black leather slip case, stitched on three sides, with optician's branding on one surface in gold-coloured lettering.


2020.18

Gift of Mr Philip Heal FCOptom, 2019



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