M0017201: Pair of glasses with case and a 17th century wooden case for glasses

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Eye-glass case of carved wood, Italian, 17th century.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Eye-glasses in card-board case.

Photograph of a pair of spectacles and two cases. The lone case is 17th century Italian made of wood. It is carved with figures of the Virgin Mary and two saints. It was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1917 (accession number R15169). The pair of glasses are horn rimmed with a metal bridge and come with a tooled leather case with stamped initials "I. B." They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1917 (accession number R14349). None of the items are held by Wellcome Collection.

February 1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R15169 and R14349

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.