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Metal Spectacles in Case, English, c. 1860

Inventory Number 58848


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.58848

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Mr A. E. L. Todd in 1968.
Primary inscriptions
None
Physical material
Wood
Leather
Metal
Glass
Object type
Spectacles
Dimensions
Height: 26mm Width: 170mm Depth: 41mm Weight: 34g
Inventory No
58848
Accession Number
1968-405

Description

Pair of steel-rimmed spectacles in wooden case with hinged lid.

The spectacles are 125 x 31 x 25 mm (closed); 110 x 31 x 122 mm (opened)