'Eye-preserver' spectacles with D-shaped lenses

Made:
1836-1855
Tortoiseshell 'eye-preserver' spectacles with two sets of blue Tortoiseshell 'eye-preserver' spectacles with two sets of blue

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Tortoiseshell 'eye-preserver' spectacles with two sets of blue
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Tortoiseshell 'eye-preserver' spectacles with two sets of blue
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Tortoiseshell 'eye-preserver' spectacles with two sets of blue D-shaped lenses, silver joints and folding side-pieces, 1836-1855

Details

Category:
Optics
Object Number:
1921-323/150
Materials:
tortoiseshell, silver and complete
Measurements:
overall: 125 mm
lenses: 30 mm x 29 mm
type:
sun-glasses
credit:
Dunscombe collection of spectacles