Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2018.020.003 |
Object Name |
Eyeglasses |
Title |
Woman's Pince-nez Eyeglasses |
Year Range from |
1920 |
Year Range to |
1940 |
Made |
Shuron |
Place of Origin |
Markdale, Municipality of Grey Highlands, Grey County |
Description |
Pince-nez eyeglasses with SHURON impressed inside the gold bridge. The clear glass lenses are round. The bridge has a delicate pattern, and there were originally nose clip pads (one is missing now). |
Makers mark |
Inside the bridge is "SHURON" |
Provenance |
Dispensed from the W. J. Shortill Jewellery and Optician business of Markdale, Grey County. William J. Shortill was a watchmaker, jeweller and optician. He also was an inventor of a circular revolving window display stand.The item belonged to Jacqueline Florence Theresa Beaty / Beatty, who married Clifford Glenn McGee. Jacqueline was b. 1906 in Artemesia Township. She and Glenn were married at Markdale in the 1920s, and later farmed along Highway 10. Last owned by her grandson, Robert Alton of Owen Sound, Grey County. |
Collection |
Optical Collection |
Material |
Metal/Glass/Gold? |
Dimensions |
W-9.7 L-4 D-1.2 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
McGee (Beaty / Beatty), Jacqueline Florence Theresa Shortill, William James Shortill, William James |
Subjects |
Eyeglasses |
Search Terms |
Markdale |