Collection Highlights
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Date:
ca. 1906
Object Number:
PR.042.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Spectacles (folding) in case
Object Number:
1943.364ab
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Silver, glass, leather
Dimensions:
Case: 5 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 5/8 in. ( 14 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm )
Overall (spectacles closed): 1 x 4 1/4 x 3/4 in. (2.5 x 10.8 x 1.
Marks:
stamped in gold: on front of case: "A. HENDERSON / 252 MAIN ST. / PO'KEEPSIE / N.Y."
stamped: on outside of left temple near hinge: "11"
Description:
Silver wire frame spectacles with quadrangular colorless glass lenses, crank bridge, and temples with loop-to-loop slider and elongated loop at end; in red leather case with flap closure.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Mary L. and Miss Ellen D. Constant
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
