Spectacles
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1880
label: date made
content: 1850-1900
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: These gold-plated eyeglass frames with rectangular glass lenses connected by a broad bridge date from about 1850 to 1880. The straight temples terminate in teardrop-shaped fenestrations.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Eyeglasses
label: Subject
content: Ophthalmology
label: Subject
content: Education
label: Subject
content: Ophthalmology
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eric P. Muth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0828.12
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0828.12
label: accession number
content: 1981.0828
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spectacles
label: Other Terms
content: spectacles; Eyeglasses
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (frames material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (lenses material)
label: Measurements
content: extended: 1.8 cm x 11.9 cm x 13.4 cm; 11/16 in x 4 11/16 in x 5 1/4 in