Pince-Nez Case
name: label: maker
content: Gall & Lembke
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on this pince-nez case 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 was born and trained in Germany, and 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
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.B
label: accession number
content: 304826
label: catalog number
content: 304826.070.B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Case
label: Other Terms
content: Case; Vision Aids; Pince-Nez
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: maroon (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in x 1/4 in; 4.445 cm x 10.795 cm x .635 cm