Artist/Maker
Holdbridge Ammidown
Artist/Maker
Jairus Putney
Spectacles
1840-1842
Place madeMassachusetts, United States, North America
Silver, glass
closed: 1 x 4 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 11.4 x 1.9 cm )
Gift of Columbia University, 1920
INV.7711
DescriptionSilver spectacles with quadrangular lenses connected by crank bridge; adjustable pin-slider temples with elongated loops at ends; silversmith's mark stamped inside right temple.Markingsstamped: inside right temple: "H.A. & J.P."
pencil inscription: on accompanying tag: "COLUMBIA/UNIVERSITY/JAN. 26, 1920"
ClassificationsPERSONAL ACCESSORIES
