Oval eye rimless spectacles with curl sides
 Catalogue Number: 3505 Oval eye rimless spectacles with curl sides Category: Spectacles and lenses Sub-Category: Spectacles (with lenses) Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c 1925 Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Description Of Item: Oval-eye gold rimless spectacles, 100 x 30 mm, glazed with flat glass lenses, three piece frame with curl sides affixed through drill holes in the lemses and a gold saddle bridge on the underside of which the letters A&S are imprinted. Measures 38 x 22 mm. Historical Significance: This item was among effects formerly belonging to Miss Ella Lillian May Pink (1890-1986) an Australian woman who qualified in optometry in London in 1915 and practised in Australia from 1917 until September 1953. She was the first Australian woman to complete qualifications in optometry in London. She completed her Fellowship examinations of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers in 1915 acquiring the right to the post-nominal FSMC and also in the same year the examinations for the Dioptric Diploma of the British Optical Association (DBOA). She also chose to become a Fellow of the Institute of Ophthalmic Opticians (FIO) in 1916. How Acquired: Donated by Noel Dawson (Ella Pink Collection) Date Acquired: Jan 2018 Condition: Poor, R lens broken Location: Archive Office. Spectacles cabinet Drawer 1 |