On View
Not on viewEyeglasses
DateLate 1700s
Terms
- Eyeglasses
- Glass
- Steel
- Beech
- England
- Northern Europe
Dimensions0.64 × 10.79 × 5.08 cm (1/4 × 4 1/4 × 2 in.)
MarkingsLabel in pen and ink on the lid: "John Thoreau [Sr.]/ died 1801 aged 47/ Grandfather of Henry D. Thoreau/ Gift of Miss Sophia Thoreau".
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberPER1402
DescriptionPair of eyeglasses (spectacles), in wooden case. Round lenses, narrow copper rims and nose-piece (no ear pieces). Crude wooden case, hinged on nine cotter pins.
Collections
- Henry David Thoreau Collection
