Pince-Nez
name: label: maker
content: Gall & Lembke
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on the case holding this pince-nez reads “GALL & LEMBKE / PATENT / ACHROMATIC SPECTACLES / 21 / UNION SQUARE / N.Y.” Joseph Gall (1807-1886) and Charles Lembke (1835-1903) were opticians in New York City who formed a partnership in1869, trading as Gall & Lembke. Lembke, who was born and trained in Germany, was in New York by 1857.
label: Description
content: Ref: Emil L. Lembke, “Eyeglasses,” U.S. Patent 722,521 (March 10, 1903), assigned to Gall & Lembke.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Ophthalmology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John William Christopher Draper and James Christopher Draper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.304826.070.A
label: accession number
content: 304826
label: catalog number
content: 304826.070.A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pince-Nez
label: Other Terms
content: Pince-Nez; Vision Aids
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tortoise-shell ? (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 1/8 in; 5.715 cm x 9.525 cm x .3175 cm