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SPECTACLES (HUMAN)
Unique ID: LON-00DE34
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete pair of Post Medieval copper alloy and glass spectacles AD.1815-1840. The spectacles are small oval frames with a wide arching bridge, one of the arms has been lost but part of the other is present. It is hinged and bifurcated for much of its length before terminating with a small waist and a pierced oval teminal. There are incised lines that run across the arm with two groups of three and three groups of two as you move down the arm. The bifurcation of the arm and the pierced terminal would likely have been to allow a second adjustable arm to be attached. The style of adjustable sliding arm seems to have come into use from around AD.1815 while the C bridge seems to have passed out of use by AD.1840 The glass is now frosted and has begun to degrade giving it an oily sheen.
See NARC-563F63 for a similar but earlier pair.
Length of arm: 83.89mm, Thickness of arms: 0.94mm, Width of Arm: 5.37mm
Height of lenses: 25.12mm, Width of lenses: 32.52mm
Width of glasses: 111.13mm, Width of Bridge: 21.63mm,
Weight: 13.5g
See also: http://www.antiquespectacles.com/guide/guide_to_assist.htm
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1815
Date to: Circa AD 1840
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 83.89 mm
Height: 25.12 mm
Width: 111.13 mm
Thickness: 0.94 mm
Weight: 13.5 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Glass
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Southwark (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Surrey Docks (London Borough Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3679
Four figure Latitude: 51.49359401
Four figure longitude: -0.04234424
1:25K map: TQ3679
1:10K map: TQ37NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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