Catalogue Number: 2088 Boxes of small flat lenses Category: Spectacles and lenses Sub-Category: Spectacle lenses Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Description Of Item: Two boxes of flat lenses (1) green-blue box, 130 mm L x 30 mm W x 40 mm H, containing 12 oval lenses approx 4 D sph unlabelled, in card divider pockets, and (2) light grey box, 130 mm L x 30 mm W x 39 mm H, with card packing pockets containing remaining 4 lenses approx 3.5 D Sph, box labelled 'Bausch and Lomb/ Centrex/Ophthalmic Lenses/ Focus 3.50' on the box ends and 'Centrex' with descriptive text in four locations of the long sides of the box How Acquired: Donated by Martin Gertler, formerly of York Optical, Melbourne Date Acquired: August 2012 Condition: Boxes fair; lenses very good Location: Archive office. East wall shelves unit 3. Drawer 7 |