Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1986.039.004abc |
Object Name |
Eyeglasses |
Title |
Woman's Octagonal Spectacles |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Year Range from |
1892 |
Year Range to |
1930 |
Artist |
W. H. Taylor Optical Co. |
Made |
W. H. Taylor Optical Co. |
Place of Origin |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
Octagonal-shaped, women's spectacles, with a silver bridge. These spectacles (eyeglasses) are rimless-style. The octagonal lenses have a bifocal prescription. The silver bridge has mother-of-pearl nose clips. The spectacles are kept in a red / black/ yellow spring-hinged case that has a gilt "B" on black plastic. There is also a printed pink advertising cloth (intended to be used for cleaning the glasses with). It is "C". |
Makers mark |
Printed: "W. B. Phillips, R.O., The W. H. Taylor Optical Co. Manf'g Opticians Owen Sound "Bank of Montreal" Bldg. Phone 84" |
Provenance |
Dispensed from the W. H. Taylor Optical Co. of Owen Sound, Grey County. It post-dates 1892, as that was when the W. H. Taylor optical business began in Owen Sound. The W. H. Taylor Optical Co. was still in business c. 1947. Unknown provenance. |
Collection |
Optical Collection |
Material |
Metal/Glass/Velvet/Fabric/Paper/Ink/Glue/Mother-of-Pearl/Plastic |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Taylor, W. H. |
Subjects |
Eyeglasses |
Function |
Prescription eyeglasses (have bifocal lenses) that were dispensed from the W. H. Taylor Optical Co. at Owen Sound, Grey County. |