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'Couper' style gold curl-side spectacle frame with shell sleeves

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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

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