Spectacles
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Eric P. Muth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0140.138
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0140.138
label: accession number
content: 1984.0140
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Scissor Spectacles
label: Object Name
content: scissor spectacles
label: Object Name
content: spectacles, scissor
label: Other Terms
content: Scissor Spectacles; Vision Aids
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .5 cm x 18.5 cm x 3.5 cm; 3/16 in x 7 5/16 in x 1 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall extended: 1/4 in x 5 in x 3 1/2 in; .635 cm x 12.7 cm x 8.89 cm