'Couper' style gold curl-side spectacle frame with shell sleeves
 Catalogue Number: 2314 'Couper' style gold curl-side spectacle frame with shell sleeves Category: Spectacles and lenses Sub-Category: Spectacle frame Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c 1950 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Description Of Item: Unglazed pantoscopic shape gold frame, adjustable pads on gold bridge, curl sides, rims and part of side covered in dark brown shell sleeves. Inside of left and right temples and bridge marked BAO, Overall dimensions 105 x 40 mm Historical Significance: This style of spectacle frame was very common in the 1930s to 1950s How Acquired: Donated by Bruce Dudon, spectacle maker, Woodend Date Acquired: April 2013 Condition: Very good Location: Archive Office. Spectacles cabinet Drawer 17 |