Folding Glasses

Made:: 1830-1840

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Folding Glasses, (c.1830-40), tortoiseshell, steel spring bridge
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Folding Glasses, (c.1830-40), tortoiseshell, steel spring bridge

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1993-1168

type:: eyeglasses

credit:: National Maritime Museum

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Folding Glasses

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