Brown plastic covered gold cased spectacle frame with curl sides
 Catalogue Number: 1967 Brown plastic covered gold cased spectacle frame with curl sides Category: Spectacles and lenses Sub-Category: Spectacle frame Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c1930 Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Germany Publisher/Manufacturer: OPL Description Of Item: Chestnut coloured plastic (Bakelite ?) covered gold-cased spectacle frame with curl sides, pantoscopic (fulvue) eye shape, adjustable nose pads, curl sides, illegible stamping underneath of bridge, possibly 10/10. Unglazed. Original paper tag reading ' 10/10 O.P.L Made in Germany'. 110 x 40 mm Historical Significance: This is an excellent example of a style of frame that was popular from the 1920s to the 1950s, and occasionally much later. This one is of the highest quality, being gold-cased. How Acquired: Donated by Michael Aitken, honorary archivist Date Acquired: Oct 2011 Condition: Excellent Location: Archive Office. Spectacles cabinet Drawer 13 |