M0007421: Eleven pairs of spectacles with cases

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Spectacles of the 16th and early 17th century.

Photograph of eleven pairs of spectacles with nine cases of the 16th and early 17th century, including leather, horn and steel frames. The glasses were accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum between 1916 and 1918 (5911-5920, 9749, 14249) but are not held by Wellcome Collection. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 23rd July 1936 (PHO 8704).

6 September 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers for the items depicted in the glass plate negative:9749,

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.