Pince-nez with plano sunglass lenses
 Catalogue Number: 2774 Pince-nez with plano sunglass lenses Category: Spectacles and lenses Sub-Category: Sunglasses Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c 1900 Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Description Of Item: Gold-plated pince-nez, 109 x 30 mm, with C-bridge and black metal nose pads, with a hole near the temporal edge of the right lens for a chain or cord, and glazed with flat base plano Crookes B2 lenses. No markings. How Acquired: Donated by Donated by John Boxshall, Canning St Carlton, relative of Ms H Moody & Mr J Garratt, early Victorian optometrists. Date Acquired: Mar 2009 Condition: Good Location: Archive Office. Spectacles cabinet Drawer 3 |