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Spectacles
Object/Artifact
Rare steel spectacles with oval crystal lenses; integral C bridge; straight 4” side pieces with hinged 2” ends with circles at end for ties (Ayscough). The pins at the sides are what was used before slotted screws were invented, so says Eyeglass Warehouse. Note that one goes up, the other down.
G87.263
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1790 - 1810
steel
spectacles
oval
c bridge