Collection Highlights
Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlant
Date:
1656
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1656.D
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Spectacles (adjustable)
Object Number:
INV.7714
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Brass, glass
Dimensions:
closed: 1 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 11.4 x 1.3 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on obverse of paper tag: "SPECTACLES / EXCHANGED" and on reverse: "WITH / E. H. SAUER / JULY 30, 1923"
stamped: on outside of left temple, near hinge: "34"
Description:
Brass wire frame spectacles with oval colorless glass lenses and crank bridge; temples with pin-sliders and blunt ends.
Credit Line:
Gift of E. H. Sauer (through exchange)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
