Eyeglasses

Object Name:

Eyeglasses

Object ID:

2017.014.117

Creator:

Instrument Make

Date:

1950-1975

Description:

A: Eyeglasses. Gold frame attached to back of lenses by screws, only cover top half. Temple tips hook around in a semicircle.
B: Case, leather. Flap folds over, and is secured by single snap. Ridge in middle inside to hold glasses in place.

Material:

Metal
Gold
Glass
Leather

Dimensions:

H-2 W-4.4 L-4.5 D-0.7 inches

Provenance:

Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.

The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors.

Credit Line:

Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley

People:

Stone, Ethel Cilley (1884-1981)

Subjects:

Eyeglasses