Dispenser of eyeglasses and contact lenses

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Diagram of an eye

A selection of glass eyes from an opticians glas eye case. Possibly made by E. Muller of Liverpool.

An old man trying on spectacles at a street vendor's optical shop. Woodcut by J. Amman, 1568.

Whist Card advertising Hammond's Optical Service

Private rooms for sight testing and spectacle fitting / Albert Hagon Ltd.

A small case of false eyes, white glass, with blood vessels in red, and vari-coloured lenses. Made by W. Halford of London.

Women grind glass lenses while two customers try spectacles on. Coloured line engraving, 1799.

An Optometer on a pillar stand

A case filled with a selection of 50 glass eyes. Possibly made by E. Muller of Liverpool.

Charles Keeler.

Baker's cash chemists and opticians : 87, 89 Shields Rd., Newcastle-on-Tyne : dealers in photographic materials & surgical appliances.

Example of two glass eyes, white glass, with blood vessels in red, and vari-coloured lenses, from a small case. Made by W. Halford of London.

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Opticians

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Images about Opticians

Works from the collections

Diagram of an eye

A selection of glass eyes from an opticians glas eye case. Possibly made by E. Muller of Liverpool.

Charles Keeler.

Baker's cash chemists and opticians : 87, 89 Shields Rd., Newcastle-on-Tyne : dealers in photographic materials & surgical appliances.

Example of two glass eyes, white glass, with blood vessels in red, and vari-coloured lenses, from a small case. Made by W. Halford of London.

Opticians

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Images about Opticians

Works from the collections

Diagram of an eye

A selection of glass eyes from an opticians glas eye case. Possibly made by E. Muller of Liverpool.

Charles Keeler.

Baker's cash chemists and opticians : 87, 89 Shields Rd., Newcastle-on-Tyne : dealers in photographic materials & surgical appliances.

Example of two glass eyes, white glass, with blood vessels in red, and vari-coloured lenses, from a small case. Made by W. Halford of London.

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