Pince nez
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1880 - 1890
Materials
Glass, metal and tortoiseshell
Measurements
90 mm (length); 30 mm (width)
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Sudbury Hall (Children's Country House), Derbyshire
NT 657512
Summary
This pair of pince-nez spectacles have oval lenses, the right hand one having some damage. The frames are of gold coloured metal with two bars of flexible tortoiseshell where they touch the nose. A decorative coiled spring bar joins the two lenses together across the top. On either side of the lens frame is a knob of metal with a loop of metal on the lower edge of the left lens.