Eyeglasses

Object number
98.1.21
Creator
Unknown
Date
1700 – 1750
Description
Circular lenses w/ cross between a "c" and a crank bridge, no temple bars and no sign of these glasses once having bars; gold braiding remains where frame would have been touching the nose; wire rim does not go all the way around the lenses. "47" sticker on lens. "Nuremburg" single wire spectacle. Silk thread around the nose area. Missing top clasps. Made in Germany.