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eyeglasses

Object NameEyeglasses and Case

Made Fromlead glass, steel

Date1850-1870

Place Madeprobably United States; possibly England

Technique(a) lenses cast, ground, polished; (ab) assembled

Size(a) H: 2.5 cm; W: 11.5 cm, (extended): 17.6 cm; (b) H: 3.5 cm, W: 2 cm

Accession Number95.4.348

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Janet B. Hoffman in memory of Dr. Parker Hoffman

Curatorial Area(s)

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Physical Description(a) Colorless lead glass, steel; lenses cast, ground, polished, assembled. Flat oval lenses rimmed with steel, soldered to a simple arched bridge, hinged to slightly curved flat steel legs with sliding extenders, ending in loops; left leg stamped "9" near hinge. (b) Long rectangular molded cardboard case covered with leather, rounded at one end and open at the other.
Provenance

Source Janet B. Hoffman