Pair of silver framed protective spectacles
- Made:
- 1855-1856 in City of Westminster
- supplier:
- C. W. Dixey and Son Limited
- maker:
- C. W. Dixey and Son
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Pair of silver framed protective spectacles (sun glasses?), D-shaped lens frames with hinged extra filter holders, all fitted with green tinted glass (one lens glass cracked and missing) and double folding arms with loops, signed, ‘H.I.’English, with London silver hallmark for 1856. Supplied by C. W. Dixey and Son, London, England.
Details
- Category:
- Optics
- Object Number:
- 2000-831/14
- Materials:
- silver (metal), steel (metal) and glass
- Measurements:
-
overall (closed): 25 mm x 120 mm x 35 mm,
overall (open): 38 mm x 120 mm x 140 mm, Wt . 0.043kg
- type:
- protective spectacles
