Collection Highlights
Ma-Nuncue
Date:
After 1826
Object Number:
PR.221.58
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Contact lens case and solution bottles
Object Number:
Z.1746a-c
Date:
1995-1997
Medium:
Plastic, glass, paper
Dimensions:
each (bottle): 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (1.9 x 4.4 cm)
Case: 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 1 in. ( 1.9 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
printed: on bottle labels: "HYDRON/Zero 4/CONTACT LENS..."
Description:
Plastic contact lens case with two circular holders having screw tops; one top is blue, the other white. With two glass contact lens bottles with plastic cork tops and paper labels.
Gallery Label:
Contact lenses, first manufactured in Europe in the 1890s, were readily obtainable by the mid-20th century. Despite great advances in contact lenses, from thick pieces of glass to tiny, feather-weight bits of plastic, conventional eyeglasses are still preferred by a majority of Americans.
Credit Line:
Gift of Stewart Desmond, 1997
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
