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Folding Eye-Glasses and case, c.1800

Inventory Number 43523


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.43523

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the Collection of Sir William Cunliffe-Brooks, Bt. Presented by Sir Robert McCarrison.
Primary inscriptions
"The Gift of Mr Chr.r Swift to Mr Den.s Leary"
Object type
Glasses
Dimensions
Height: 60mm Width: 38mm
Inventory No
43523

Description

Folding eye-glass magnifying lenses with silver rims stored in a copper alloy case.