Early spectacles: hand monocular ("quizzing glass")

Made:: 1780-1850 in Europe

Hand monocular quizzing glass', with twisted metal frame

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Hand monocular quizzing glass', with twisted metal frame
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Hand monocular "quizzing glass", with twisted metal frame, unsigned, Europe, 1780-1850.

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1918-40

Materials:: copper (alloy) and glass

Measurements:: overall: 2 mm x 64 mm x 35 mm, .009kg

type:: single eyeglass - quizzing

credit:: Court, Thomas Henry

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Early spectacles: hand monocular ("quizzing glass")

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