Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1970.081.038 |
Object Name |
Case, Eyeglass |
Title |
W. H. Taylor Spectacle Case |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Made |
W. H. Taylor |
Place of Origin |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
Spectacle case from W. H. TAYLOR, Refractionist, Owen Sound. There is a black, slightly textured surface (leather-like) with gold printing for the lettering. The case is like a flattened tube, open at one end with a u-shaped area (at the right side) to facilitate pulling out the spectacles. The case is marked "B". |
Makers mark |
Gold-printed lettering: "W. H. TAYLOR / REFRACTIONIST / OWEN SOUND, ONT." |
Provenance |
Circa 1894, W. H. Taylor had a drugstore in Owen Sound on Poulett St. It was known as "The Palace Drugstore". He also did optometry work and was described as a "Refractionist" . Belonged to the J.M. Rogers family of Woodford, Grey County. The last owner was Edna Spence (neé Woods). After her mother's death when she was young, the Rogers family fostered her for some time while she growing up in Woodford. She later inherited a number of their belongings. |
Collection |
Optical Collection |
Material |
Cardboard/Leatherette?/Paper?/Glue/Ink |
Dimensions |
H-1.801 W-4.3 L-18.001 cm |
Found |
Woodford, Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
People |
Taylor, W. H. Rogers, Joseph M. Spence, Lorne and Edna |