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Silver eyeglasses with oval lenses, folding into a long tort

Collection:  SCM - Optics
Object Name:  hand spectacles - lorgnette
Date Made:  1840-1859
Materials:  silver; tortoiseshell; complete
Measurements:  overall: 110 mm (folded); lenses: 32 x 25 mm
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Description:  Silver eyeglasses with oval lenses, folding into a long tortoiseshell case/handle, ca 1850.

Object Number:  1921-323/319

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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