Spectacles
date: label: Date made
content: 1790 - 1830
label: associated dates
content: 1971 11 02 / 1971 11 02
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Scissors spectacles were in vogue in the second half of the eighteenth century. This example has circular lenses and an ornate brass frame.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Minnesota, Wayzata
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Leslie W. Myers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-14080
label: accession number
content: 309904
label: catalog number
content: M-14080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Scissors Spectacles
label: Object Name
content: scissors spectacles
label: Object Name
content: spectacles, scissor
label: Other Terms
content: Scissors Spectacles; Eyeglasses
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, gold (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gilded (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: extended: 9 cm x 17.3 cm x 1.5 cm; 3 9/16 in x 6 13/16 in x 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall extended: 1/2 in x 5 1/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 1.27 cm x 13.0175 cm x 8.255 cm