Accession No

0763

Brief Description

quizzing glass or reading glass, 1800 (c)

Origin

Maker

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass

Dimensions

length 72mm; breadth 35mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from Lea Brown, Edinburgh, Scotland, on 12/09/1934.

Inscription

Description Notes

Brass frame, round lens; mount extended into looped handle linking with second loop. Engraved with decorative foliage.

Condition: good.

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