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Subiaco Museum > Records

SPECTACLES: GLASSES, METAL RIMS

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1916 - 1938

Overview

Small steel framed oval spectacles with arms that curl around the wearers ears. The nose piece is a simple piece of steel formed to go over the nose and attached to the eye pieces.The lenses are bevelled.

Glass came in black lather case.

Small metal spring closing spectacle case - outside is covered in black embossed fabric and inside lined with purple velvet. The outside is worn on both the opening edge and the hinged edge and all corners.. On the bottom in gold print is 'G.F. Fraser / JEWELLER / and OPTICIAN / ROKEBY RD SUBIACO'. The inside bears a small round sticker with '$40' written on it.

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cwa-org-43-2011.20.1

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Keywords

Rokeby Road [73], Subiaco

Year

Statement of significance

Fraser was optician at 73 Rokeby Road between 1916 and 1938.

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