M0017199: Two pairs of glasses and their cases, early 18th century

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

Due to essential maintenance, we won’t be able to retrieve items from our closed stores over the weekend. Please submit requests for Monday 20 April by 10:00 on Friday 17 April. The library will remain open as usual. Thank you for your understanding.

We're running paid user research studies to improve Wellcome Collection online

Take part in research

Photograph of two pairs of spectacles with cases. The first is a pair of early 18th century tortoise-shell rimmed glasses with a metal bridge and no lenses, with a wooden case covered with fishskin. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1919 (accession number R11530). The second is a pair of early 18th century metal rimmed glasses in a brass case. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1924 (accession number R15789). Neither pair are held by Wellcome Collection.

M0017199: Two pairs of glasses and their cases, early 18th century

Licence and re-use