File:Post-medieval spectacles, Spectacles case (FindID 468635).jpg

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Post-medieval spectacles: Spectacles case
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Oxfordshire County Council, Anni Byard, 2011-11-08 10:50:29
Title
Post-medieval spectacles: Spectacles case
Description
English: A pair of folding silver spectacles and their copper alloy carry case. The spectacles have thin round lens' frames each with a scrolled Y-shaped bridge arm towards the top which joins the same from the opposite lens; the bridge arms are joined by a silver rivet that enables the spectacles to be folded in half. The copper alloy case is simple in design having a rounded body leading into shoulders above which is a sub-rectangular neck, the outer edge of which retains a very small fragment of a suspension loop. The walls of the case are complete to about half way down; the lower half of the case is open and has suffered some post-depositional damage. The outer surface of the case is corroded but does not appear to bear any decoration.

This type of spectacle did not have any arms and would have been balanced or squeezed onto the bridge of the nose to keep them in place.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
Date between 1600 and 1650
date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 468635
Old ref: BERK-7F0834
Filename: 2011325b.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/353593
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/353593/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/468635
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