Trial lens set with trial frame
 Catalogue Number: 1604 Trial lens set with trial frame Category: Equipment Sub-Category: Trial lens case Corporation: American Optical Company Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Southbridge, Massachussetts Publisher/Manufacturer: American Optical Company Description Of Item: Trial lens set in leather case, 272 x 400 mm, purple velvet lid and case lining, wooden slip-in lens tray, spheres to -20 D and +16 D, cyls to ? 4.00 D with supplementary set of cyls to -7 D. Two lens cell half eye trial frame with straight sides, cyl scale but no adjustment for PD or cyl rotation. Brass plate on side of trial lens tray reading 'WENTWORTH PRODUCTS for better eye sight AMERICAN OPTICAL COMPANY Southbridge. Massachussetts USA' How Acquired: Donated by Majella O'Connor. Melbourne optometrist Date Acquired: June 2010 Condition: Poor. Many missing lenses. Leather case covering torn Location: Archive office. East wall shelves unit 2 |