Spectacles with round concave lenses and folding side-arms

Made:: 1730-1770 in Bath

Heavy iron spectacles with round concave lenses and folding

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Heavy iron spectacles with round concave lenses and folding
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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).

Details

Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1921-323/179

Materials:: iron and complete

Measurements:: overall: 123 mm
lenses: 32 mm

type:: spectacles

credit:: Dunscombe collection of spectacles

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