Revolutionary War Brass Spectacles Antique Vintage 1776 Eye Wear
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Revolutionary War Brass Spectacles Antique Vintage 1776 Eye Wear:
$149.00
Brass spectacles 1776
- This is a beautiful pair of spectacles from the late 1700s.
- It has the “C” bridge of the time.
- It also has a maker’s mark, “BRNZ”.
- Although there is a brass maker’s mark on antiquespectacles.com called ” BENZ “, this is not it.
- The temples are what are described as double hinge and were designed to help hold the frames in place by wrapping around the head to some degree.
- The convex glass lenses have about 1 diopter of power.
- They could be replaced by your optician with a new prescription
- This pair came very tarnished and then was cleaned up to show off the beauty of the brass.
- Supposedly, the American colonies did not make brass spectacles.
- They were made in Germany and worn to the American Colonies by Hessian mercenaries.
- They were often take as spoils of war by the colonists
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Revolutionary War Brass Spectacles Antique Vintage 1776 Eye Wear:
$149.00