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bascall Posts: 1629 |
posted 06-01-2008 02:09 AM
  
This is a typical set of late eighteenth century American silver sliding temple eyeglasses. Would anyone be familiar with the makers mark? It looks like the pure coin marking under the maker's initials is an overstrike. IP: Logged |
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argentum1 Posts: 602 |
posted 06-02-2008 11:04 AM
I believe this style continued into the 1st quarter of the nineteenth century. I thought I knew the maker but after looking at the images again they do not match at all. IP: Logged |
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bascall Posts: 1629 |
posted 06-02-2008 11:25 AM
argentum1, thank you! That's good information. My hope now is that a maker identification will help date this particular pair of spectacles. IP: Logged |
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swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 |
posted 06-02-2008 11:52 AM
If they are marked "Pure Coin" they could well be 2nd quarter 19th C. By this time, individual smiths probably no longer made these frames, but purchased them already made from a factory, such as that run by McAllister of Philadelphia, one of the largest manufacturers of spectacles. Look for a stamped number indicating the power of magnification, as these were often supplied to larger retailer already fitted with lenses as are drug store readers today. RAther than having maker's mark, they would have the mark of the retailer. IP: Logged |
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bascall Posts: 1629 |
posted 06-02-2008 01:13 PM
My glasses are getting youner and younger, but you do make a good point swarter. There is an eighteen on the outside of one the temples that made me think there were stock parts involved. My thinking was that the maker's mark could have been the optometrist who was also a silversmith. It is interesting to note that the number relates to stength and makes perfect sense. They are not terribly strong. A couple more things about these glasses is that the portion of the frame that holds the lenses looks rather misshapen which is maybe because there was a lense swap or repair at some time, and the pure coin marking is difficult to make out even first hand. Thank you for the information swarter. IP: Logged |
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