M0017198: Two pairs of glasses and their cases

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Hinged glasses in carved wooden case.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Case containing leather rimmed metal bridged glasses.

Photograph of two pairs of spectacles with cases. The first is a pair of 17th century hinged, silver framed glasses with a carved wood case with fastenings. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1917 (accession numbers R5911 (glasses) and R5918 (case)). The second pair are leather-rimmed metal bridged glasses with no lenses. They were acquired at an unknown point and accessioned in 1917 (accession number R5915). Neither pair are held by Wellcome Collection.

February 1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the items: R5911, R5915 and R5918

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.