13th Sep, 2019 9:30 GMT/BST
Country House Sale (Day One - Part I)
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A Pair of George III Silver Spectacles, maker's mark IS incuse, London, 1792, with oval lenses...
The present glasses may have belonged to Dinah Jarvis (1742-1821) of Overshot Mill, Middlesex. She married, in 1762, Dodson Eldred (1737-1816) and with him had 10 children. The Eldred family claimed to be connected to William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, and indeed their eldest son Edward Jarvis Eldred (1763-1847) himself went to America in 1798.
James Ayscough (d.1759) was an optician as well as a being known as a maker of other scientific instruments. He is credited with the introduction of double hinged arms on spectacles such as the present pair. He is also thought to have created the idea of sunglasses through his use of tinted lenses.
. The marks are partly obscured by old polish. One branch is slightly bent so the spectacles do not sit flat on a level surface. There is some wear and loss to the case.
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Auction: Country House Sale (Day One - Part I), 13th Sep, 2019
Country House Sale (Day One - Part I)
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