Large comprehensive trial lens set in black leatherette case with trial frame and test card

Description Of Item: Large timber case, 450 x 350 x 105 mm, covered with black leatherette, with leather carry handle and a hinged lid lined inside with brown velvet and secured by two slider catches and a keyed lock (with key). Removable timber tray fitted to take 34 pairs of nickel rimmed concave lenses to 20 D Sph, 34 pairs of brass rimmed convex lenses to 20 D Sph, 19 pairs nickel rimmed convex cylindrical lenses and 19 pairs of brass rimmed convex cylindrical lenses, both to 6.00 D Cyl, together with 10 prisms trial lenses to 10 prism dioptres and 9 auxiliary devices. A centre compartment holds a later 4 cell ACCURIST trial frame marked made in England and two optician's rules, one yellowing clear plastic and one white plastic marked Victorian Optical Co Pty Ltd of 182 Collins Street Melbourne. Loose in the case are (1) a test type reading card in a leather frame with a cardboard back and (2) a prescription for glasses form. A small brass plate screwed to the bottom of the trial frame compartment is marked Societe des Lunetiers Paris / G A Patouralle, Paris).