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Antique flip-top spectacle case in mother of pearl and tortoiseshell

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Catalogue Number: 3323
Antique flip-top spectacle case in mother of pearl and tortoiseshell
Category: Spectacles and lenses
Sub-Category: Spectacle case
Time Period: 19th C
Description Of Item: Flip-top spectacle case, 155 x 35 mm, made of timber decoratively covered with sections of tortoiseshell and mother of pearl. The top part is hinged on one side and is flipped open by pressing a metal spring device on the opposite side
How Acquired: On loan from Michael Aitken, honorary archivist
Date Acquired: May 2017
Condition: Very good

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