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Spectacles with round concave lenses and folding side-arms

Collection:  SCM - Optics
Object Name:  spectacles
Place Made:  Bath, United Kingdom
Date Made:  1730-1770
Materials:  iron; iron; complete
Measurements:  lenses: 32 mm; overall: 123 mm
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Description:  Heavy iron spectacles with round concave lenses and folding side-arms, circa 1750. Found buried in the ground at Bath (used in the reign of George III).

Object Number:  1921-323/179

Credit Line:  Dunscombe collection of spectacles

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Dunscombe, Matthew William
active 1863-1918, optician, optical designer, spectacle manufacturer & collector, English; British
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