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1792
GUSN-10641
Eyeglass Case [1992.533a]: fashioned from a single piece of wood, incised with small scroll-like red rim design enclosing S.J. 1792" on top and S.J. August 13, 1792/ price s/3/ M. by E.F.J. Eyeglasses [1992.533.2]: steel-frame magnifying eyeglasses fit into conforming interior space; temple glasses with folding bows and circles and loops at ends.
eyeglasses
eyeglass cases
accessories
carving (processes)
incising
magnifying glasses
painting (coating)
steel (alloy)
wood (plant material)
glass (material)
Wood
Steel
Magnifying Glass
Carved
Incised
Painted
Case, Eyeglasses
1. incised on top of case: S.J. 1792 2. Incised on front side: S.J. August 13, 1792. Price s/3 [see cataloguing worksheet] 3. Incised on back side: M.[ade] By E.F.J.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
5 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.533
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