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Spectacles
Object/Artifact
1) Spectacles made of silver, stamped inside the right temple “PURE COIN.” Octagonal lenses, crank nosepiece, extension temples with narrow loops at the ends. Quite delicate. 2) Case made of steel, long, narrow oval shape. Lined with cutout pieces of now-tan drill.
G2011.011.1-2
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1835 - 1880
spectacles
eyeglasses
silver
"pure coin"
octagona
octagonal