M0017202: Three pairs of eye-glasses

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Eye-glasses

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Eye-glasses

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Eye-glasses

Photograph of three pairs of spectacles. The first pair are 17th century, probably French and have horn rims and a metal bridge warpped with either horn or leather. They were urchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1931 and given accession number A97432. The second pair have horn rims and bridge and date from c.1600. They were acquired by the Museum at an unknown point. The third pair are 17th century with horn rims and a copper bridge. They were acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1917 (accession number R5919). 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 two of the items: A97432 and R5919

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.