Spectacles
Spectacles
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- Description
- These gold-plated eyeglass frames with rectangular glass lenses connected by a broad bridge date from about 1850 to 1880. The straight temples terminate in teardrop-shaped fenestrations.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- spectacles
- Other Terms
- spectacles; Eyeglasses
- date made
- 1850-1880
- 1850-1900
- maker
- unknown
- Physical Description
- gold (frames material)
- glass (lenses material)
- Measurements
- extended: 1.8 cm x 11.9 cm x 13.4 cm; 11/16 in x 4 11/16 in x 5 1/4 in
- ID Number
- 1981.0828.12
- catalog number
- 1981.0828.12
- accession number
- 1981.0828
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eric P. Muth
- subject
- Eyeglasses
- Ophthalmology
- Education
- Ophthalmology
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- Health & Medicine
- Clothing & Accessories
- Artifact Walls exhibit
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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