Spectacles
date: label: date made
content: ca 1790
notes: label: Description
content: The Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut used these steel spectacles around 1790. The spectacles are hinged at the temple and halfway down the stem, with round loops for the earpiece that is typical for late 18th-century glasses. The spectacles are missing one lens and one earpiece.
label: Description
content: The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Copp Collection
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Brenton Copp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.006506.02
label: accession number
content: 28810
label: catalog number
content: 6506.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spectacles
label: Object Type
content: spectacles
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (lenses material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 4 in x 1 3/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 10.16 cm x 3.4925 cm