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Oval eye steel spectacle frame with straight sides

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Catalogue Number: 1974
Oval eye steel spectacle frame with straight sides
Category: Spectacles and lenses
Sub-Category: Spectacle frame
Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c 1900
Time Period: 1900 to 1939
Description Of Item: Unglazed steel oval-eye spectacle frame, saddle bridge, no pads, thin straight sides with small end loops to take neck cord. No frame markings.120 x 30 mm.
Historical Significance: A basic budget frame from the early 20th C
How Acquired: Donated by Michael Aitken, honorary archivist
Date Acquired: Oct 2011
Condition: Good
Location: Archive Office. Spectacles cabinet Drawer 13

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