Spectacles case
Category
Glass
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cloth, Glass, Horn
Measurements
135 mm (Width) x 55 mm (Depth); 120 mm (Width); 115 mm (Depth)
Place of origin
Ipswich
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1340103
Summary
Spectacles case - Charles Wade's glasses case in mock shagreen, containing horn rimmed spectacles and a glass cloth. From Ipswich. Embossed in gold on top of case 'Kersey OPTICIANS IPSWICH'. Inside of case lined with green baize, paper label 'Regtd. KERSITE Lenses'. In pencil on label 'M.C.W' (Mary Constance Wade).
Provenance
Charles Wade's own glasses, from Ipswich. Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.