Shooting glasses
c. 1906Shooting glasses and case
Early aid to shooting
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“A Knapp Late Clarke and Knapp 67 Barrack St Perth, WA”
Orthoptic Spectacles and Case. Designed to enhance the aiming picture when using open sights. Led to the development of the Peep Sight.
The inscription "A Knapp Late Clarke and Knapp 67 Barrack St Perth, WA" refers to August Knapp who was born in England in 1873 and migrated to Australia with his school-teacher parents when he was just eight years of age. Having settled in Brisbane, Knapp left school at aged 14 to work with Flavelle Brothers and Roberts Brisbane Optometrists. During his time he established a friendship with an optometrist in the practice, Arnold Clarke and they migrated to Perth in 1897, during the gold rush, to establish an optometry practice. The joint practise ended circa 1906. The spectacles were likely made shortly afterwards given the business reference to "late Clarke and Knapp".
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