Iron rimmed spectacles
 Catalogue Number: 651 Iron rimmed spectacles Category: Spectacles and lenses Sub-Category: Spectacles (with lenses) Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c 1770 Time Period: 18th C and earlier Description Of Item: Iron spectacles c1720. Small oval eye, saddle bridge, straight sides with round loop for ribbon. One lens missing, other cracked +3.50 DS. Found in a farmhouse near Bannockburn, Scotland. W 11.1 cm x D 3.2 cm. Historical Significance: Probably the oldest frame in the VCO collection. How Acquired: Donated by C W Kett, honorary life member of the College Condition: Poor; one lens missing, other cracked Location: Archive Office. Spectacles cabinet Drawer 10 |