Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Spectacles (folding)
Object Number:
INV.7712
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Silver, glass
Dimensions:
closed: 1 3/8 x 4 5/8 x 3/8 in. ( 3.5 x 11.7 x 1 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on inside of each temple near hinge: "H" inside a square
handwritten in pencil: on paper tag: "GIFT OF / DEACON / MURPHY / 1949"
Description:
Spectacles with silver frame, circular colorless glass lenses, wide "C" bridge, and double-hinged temple with elongated loop at end; hallmark consisting of an "H" enclosed in a square stamped on inside of each temple near hinge.
Gallery Label:
The hallmark stamped on these spectacles may be that of Richard Huntington (1786-1855), a silversmith active in Utica, New York, from around 1823 until 1855.
Credit Line:
Gift of Deacon Murphy, 1949
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
