English pivot eyeglass with buffalo horn frame and round lenses

Made:
1850-1869 in England
English pivot eyeglass with buffalo horn frame and round lenses

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English pivot eyeglass with buffalo horn frame and round lenses
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English pivot eyeglass with buffalo horn frame and round lenses, c. 1860.

Details

Category:
Optics
Object Number:
1921-323/251
Materials:
buffalo horn, glass, copper (alloy) and silver plated
Measurements:
overall: 35 mm x 117 mm x 30 mm, , .01kg
type:
hand spectacles
credit:
Dunscombe collection of spectacles