Trial Set of Lenses
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription in the lid of the case of this trial set of lenses reads “MEYROWITZ BROS. / 295 AND 297 FOURTH AVE / NEW-YORK.” Emil Bruno Meyrowitz (1852-1937) was born in Prussia, graduated from the Optical College in Moscow, emigrated to the United States in 1873, settled in New York, and established an optical business a few years later. By 1882, the firm was trading as Meyrowitz Bros.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.045
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.045.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Case
label: Object Name
content: trial lens set
label: Other Terms
content: Case; Vision Aids
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (kit material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (kit material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 5.5 cm x 21.5 cm x 16.5 cm; 2 3/16 in x 8 7/16 in x 6 1/2 in