Spectacles
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1860 - 1880
Materials
Wire, glass, silver and leather
Measurements
Spectacles - 165 mm (length); 30 mm (width), Case - 240 mm (length); 165 mm (length); 45 mm (width)
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Sudbury Hall (Children's Country House), Derbyshire
NT 657478
Summary
A pair of wire spectacles in a black leather and silver case. The spectacles have small oval lenses in a thin wire frame. The arms are bent into a loop at either end .The narrow hard black leather case is edged with silver along the seams with a broader band of silver across the front opening. This has a hallmark on it. Attached to either side of the broad band is a silver linked chain attached to a large silver belt or pocket clip. The clip front is a circle with a cut out floral motif of four leaves interspersed with four fleur-de-lys shaped petals with a five sided flower in the centre. From this circle a broad piece of silver, hallmarked, goes up and over to form a 'fish shaped' clip. Total number of items is 2.