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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0216 a-c
- Description
- Three pairs of eyeglasses:a) Glasses with small oval lenses and gold wire frames with thin wire hooked ear pieces, each with a tiny round ball at the end. b) Glasses with small yellow oval lenses. These glasses have gold wire frames with thin twisted wire hooked ear pieces, each with a small oval…
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 11.5 (a); 11.7 (b); 11.3 (c) cm
- Description
- Three pairs of eyeglasses:a) Glasses with small oval lenses and gold wire frames with thin wire hooked ear pieces, each with a tiny round ball at the end. b) Glasses with small yellow oval lenses. These glasses have gold wire frames with thin twisted wire hooked ear pieces, each with a small oval ball at the end. There is also a double wire nosepiece.c) Glases with silver wire frames and small oval lenses. Each straight thin wire ear piece has a flattened drop shape at the end.
- Subject
- assistive device
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0216 a-c
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- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- plastic; metal; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0217 a-c
- Description
- Three pairs of eyeglasses:a) A pair of glasses with round tortoise shell plastic (?) frames with a flat textured gold band from top of each lens which acts as spring to clip the glasses to the nose. These glasses have very short (8 cm), straight earpieces. b) A pair of glasses with round red-brown…
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- Title
- Eyeglasses
- Date
- 1880 – 1910
- Material
- plastic; metal; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 11.6 (a); 12.0 (b); ? (c) cm
- Description
- Three pairs of eyeglasses:a) A pair of glasses with round tortoise shell plastic (?) frames with a flat textured gold band from top of each lens which acts as spring to clip the glasses to the nose. These glasses have very short (8 cm), straight earpieces. b) A pair of glasses with round red-brown plastic (?) frames with a flat, arched gold coloured nose piece. There are also gold wire hooked earpieces.c) A pair of glasses with gold wire rim frames and oval lenses. These glasses have a large looped flat wire pince nez nose piece, instead of arms or earpieces. A black grosgrain ribbon, with a gold adjustment buckle, is attached by a round gold clip to a knob at the outside of the right lens.
- Subject
- assistive device
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0217 a-c
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- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- metal, silver
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0053
- Description
- A small sterling silver vase with curved handles with repousse flowers on sides. The vase is hallmarked near the rim, is slightly tarnished and has many small dents.
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- Title
- Vase
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- metal, silver
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 5.0 x 6.7 cm
- Description
- A small sterling silver vase with curved handles with repousse flowers on sides. The vase is hallmarked near the rim, is slightly tarnished and has many small dents.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0053
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- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- ceramic; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0092
- Description
- An ornate white china vase with a pinched base and neck and a flared rim. The two handles of the vase and body are decorated with raised flowers highlighted with gold-coloured enamel. The bottom of the vase is marked “199”. The gold is worn off in several places, and there is a chip out of the…
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- Title
- Vase
- Date
- 1880 – 1920
- Material
- ceramic; enamel
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 7.2 x 11.6 cm
- Description
- An ornate white china vase with a pinched base and neck and a flared rim. The two handles of the vase and body are decorated with raised flowers highlighted with gold-coloured enamel. The bottom of the vase is marked “199”. The gold is worn off in several places, and there is a chip out of the front upper edge of the rim.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0092
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