Catalogue Number: 3310 Oval-eye Georgian silver spectacles Category: Spectacles and lenses Sub-Category: Spectacles (with lenses) Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c 1800 Time Period: 19th C Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Birmingham, England Publisher/Manufacturer: William Postans and George Tye Description Of Item: Oval-eye sterling silver spectacles, 122 x 22 mm, glazed with flat glass lenses R and L +1.75 D Sph. The frame has a saddle bridge and sliding temples terminating with small rings for a cord or ribbon. Silver hallmarks for P&T and Birmingham are on the inside of the right temple. On the inside of the left temple are P & T and sovereign head hallmarks. The P&T hallmark is on the left inner rim and a lion passant hallmark is on the right inner rim. How Acquired: On loan from Michael Aitken, honorary archivist Date Acquired: May 2017 Condition: Very good |