Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1956.024.010 |
Object Name |
Eyeglasses |
Title |
George S. Miller's Blue-Lensed Spectacles |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Year Range from |
1830 |
Year Range to |
1905 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
Pair of oval-rimmed, blue-lensed spectacles. The frames are quite rusted and the arms are slightly bent. They are stored in a younger, black-coloured spring-hinged case with black velvet on the inside. Printing on the inside of the case in gold lettering has "J. H. Brownlee, Opt./ OWEN SOUND" Note: The case is likely not original to the spectacles, but just used over the years to store them. |
Provenance |
Unknown manufacturer. Belonged to George S. Miller (1812 - 1905) of Owen Sound, who served as Owen Sound's Harbourmaster in the 1800s. Last belonged to Mary Miller, who was a grand-daughter of George S. and Eliza Miller. |
Collection |
Optical Collection |
Material |
Metal/Glass |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Miller, George S. Miller, Mary Brownlee, J.H. |