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History of Science Museum

Ladies Spectacles with Case, c.1850

Inventory Number 18298


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.18298

Item type
Object
Physical material
Silver
Glass
Object type
Spectacles
Dimensions
Height: 25mm Width: 124mm Depth: 70mm Weight: 28g
Inventory No
18298

Description

Silver-framed spectacles with small oval lenses and short temples, terminating in loop shaped tips. A length of chain is attached to the tips. The right hand glass is plain and the left is a frosted occluding glass.