Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Spectacles (adjustable)
Object Number:
INV.7706
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Metal, glass
Dimensions:
closed: 1 x 4 1/4 x 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 10.8 x 1.9 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on outside of left temple near hinge: "13"
handwritten in pencil: on obverse of paper tag: "SPECTACLES / EXCHANGED / WITH" and on reverse: "E. H. SAUER / JULY 30, 1923"
Description:
Spectacles with metal frame, quadrangular colorless glass lenses, and crank bridge; one temple with pin slider and loop at end, and the other with makeshift wire slider with curled end.
Credit Line:
Gift of E. H. Sauer (through exchange)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
