Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2018.020.004 |
Object Name |
Eyeglasses |
Title |
Woman's Eyeglasses |
Made |
Consol |
Place of Origin |
Markdale, Municipality of Grey Highlands, Grey County |
Description |
Eyeglasses, plain, goldtone, with CONSOL stamped inside the bridge, and clear oval glass lenses. The hinged earwires fold down for storage in an eyeglass case. |
Makers mark |
Inside the bridge is "CONSOL" |
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-11 L-6 D-1.2 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
McGee (Beaty / Beatty), Jacqueline Florence Theresa Shortill, William James |
Subjects |
Eyeglasses |
Search Terms |
Markdale |