Plastic tortoiseshell, long handled lorgnette spectacles.

Made:
1900-1930 in City of Westminster
supplier:
C. W. Dixey and Son
Plastic long handled lorgnette spectacles with oval frames

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Plastic long handled lorgnette spectacles with oval frames
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Plastic long handled lorgnette spectacles with oval frames, lacking lenses and cylindrical textured handle, light amber tortoiseshell effect, unsigned, British, 1900-1930. Fitted with with silver collar above handle to repair crack to slotted framework. Supplied by C. W. Dixey and Son, London, England.

Details

Category:
Optics
Object Number:
2000-831/46
Materials:
plastic (unidentified), silver plated and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Measurements:
overall (closed): 15 mm x 235 mm x 30 mm,
overall (open): 15 mm x 175 mm x 240 mm, Wt. 0.031kg
type:
hand spectacles - lorgnette