Reading Glass and Case, German, 18th Century | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 82020 | ||||||||||
Object Type: | | ||||||||||
Place Created: | Germany Europe |
||||||||||
Brief Description: | Large reading glass in copper alloy frame with triangular handle that has a plaited tip with two loops. The fitted cardboard case is triangular and has a pasteboard covering. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | Handwritten in ink on case: "German Reading Glass, c.1750. Pr. Miss Claridge 1926". | ||||||||||
Collection Group: | |||||||||||
Material(s): |
Copper Alloy Glass Paper Cardboard Pasteboard | ||||||||||
Dimensions: |
|
||||||||||
Narratives | |||||||||||
Permalink: http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/object/inv/82020