MusEYEum Online Catalogue

Ayscough-type wig spectacles
SPECTACLES
wig spectacles
WF
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London
c.1795
metal; glass
DBL: 22 mm; PD: 57 cm; eye: 35 mm; side extension: 73 mm; side length: 103 mm

Spectacles. White metal frame. Arched C-bridge. Split centre joints. Ayscough double-hinged sides with twin attachment holes and extensions with large oval loop ends. Round eye rims, glazed with prescription lenses.

1998.198