logologo-optometry

Fine rimmed 19th C spectacles in case

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Catalogue Number: 631
Fine rimmed 19th C spectacles in case
Category: Spectacles and lenses
Sub-Category: Spectacles with case
Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c1850
Time Period: 19th C
Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Paris, France
Description Of Item: Fine steel oval eye small spectacles, straight temples glazed. Figures engraved on each lens at temporal edge. Case stamped with details: Msdm de L'INGr CHEVALLIER/ DUCRAY-CHEVALLIER/ Place du Pont Neuf 15/ A PARIS. Temple end broken; tip enclosed in case. W 11.0 cm x D 2.1 cm.
How Acquired: Donated by David Cockburn
Condition: Spectacles: good to fair, case: very good
Location: Archive Office. Spectacles cabinet Drawer 10

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