Metal case for Willson Service Goggles
 Catalogue Number: 3343 Metal case for Willson Service Goggles Category: Spectacles and lenses Sub-Category: Spectacle case Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c1917 Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: USA Publisher/Manufacturer: Willson Description Of Item: Hinged metal case for Willson service goggles, Style E1, headband. Case of round end lozenge shape made of silver coloured metal with dark brown matt painted surface. Outer surface has gold imprint of 'WILLSON GOGGLES/ REG US PAT OFF' and a logo with spectacles and a letter 'W'. Inside case is a light peach coloured paper liner with worn print. It reads in part 'Willson Service Goggles, STYLE E1 HEADBAND, MADE IN U.S.A./ PATENTED DEC 14, 1915/ PATENT ALLOWED/ NOV 23, 1917/ ADJUST BEFORE WEARING'. Dimensions 140 x 53 x 27 mm. How Acquired: Ex Nathan Library Used as a prop to support display in Nathan Library, found when display dismantled June 2017 Date Acquired: June 2017 Condition: Fair, scuffed Location: Archive room. West wall. Unit 4 Drawer 5 |