Folding shell pince-nez in case
 Catalogue Number: 664 Folding shell pince-nez in case Category: Spectacles and lenses Sub-Category: Pince-nez Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c1880 Time Period: 19th C Place Of Publication/Manufacture: France ? Description Of Item: Shell pince-nez with metal bridge. Circular shell fingerpiece. Flexible bridge allows one lens to fold over the other; hook on rim latches onto short steel post on opposite rim. '9' (or 6 ?) impressed near fingerpiece. Unglazed. W 9.8 cm x D 5.2 cm. Soft slip in case How Acquired: Donated by C W Kett, honorary life member of the College Condition: Good Location: Archive Office. Spectacles cabinet Drawer 8 |