Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Spectacles
Object Number:
1943.363
Date:
1825-1830
Medium:
Silver, glass
Dimensions:
closed: 1 x 4 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 11.4 x 1.9 cm )
Marks:
hallmark: stamped inside right temple: "NICHOLS" in rectangle
Description:
Silver spectacles with green-tinted oval lenses connected by "X" shaped bridge; adjustable pin-slider temples with elongated loops at ends; maker's mark stamped inside right temple.
Gallery Label:
Silversmith William Stoddard Nichols (1785-1871) began business in 1808 in Newport, Rhode Island.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Mary L. and Miss Ellen D. Constant
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
