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Maker(s):	Unknown
Culture:	British; English
Title:	Magnifying glass
Date Made:	ca. 1740
Type:	Personal Gear
Materials:	Silver, tortoise shell, glass
Place Made:	Europe; United Kingdom; Great Britain; England
Measurements:	overall: 1/2 x diam 2 1/8 in.; 1.27 x 5.3975 cm
Accession Number:	MH 1986.33.146
Credit Line:	Bequest of Josephine Purtscher Fellows (Class of 1924)
Museum Collection:	Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
Circular discs of tortoise shell held together with silver clasp/pins; magnifying glass with silver bezel which is hinged with silver clasp and pins.

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