Collection Highlights
A Song for the times, or John Brown
Date:
1860-1870
Object Number:
LIB.SY.B1860.104
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Spectacles and case
Object Number:
INV.7519abc
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Gold, glass; leather
Dimensions:
Case: 1 x 5 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 13.7 x 3.2 cm )
Overall (closed): 1 x 4 1/8 x 1 in. (2.5 x 10.5 x 2.5 cm)
Marks:
printed: on paper affixed to case (stage schedule): "Leave Philadelphia at 6, 7, 8.../Leave Germantown at 6, 7.../ON SUNDAYS,/Leave Philadelphia..."
engraved: on outside of left temple: "V.B. Palmer"
stamped: inside left temple: hallmarks
stamped: insi
Description:
Gold spectacles with quadrangular lenses connected by "C" bridge; adjustable turnpin temples with slightly rounded ends. Pasteboard spectacles case (b,c) in two pieces; leather cover embossed with diamond decoration. Philadelphia-Germantown stage schedule affixed to back of spectacles case.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
