Spectacles

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Spectacles

Entry/Object ID

CW 862 3

Description

Eyeglasses. One of five pairs of spectacles; early 19th Century: CW 862 3 Steel-rimmed eyeglasses with wood surrounding glass; original earpiece has circle at end; wire replacing other ear pieces. Possibly 18th Century. Glasses were passed down in the donor's (Wolf) family. No condition given. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Provenance

Notes

Eyeglasses were passed down in the donor's (Wolf) family