Item SH 911680 Spectacles - Child, Wire Mesh Side Shields, Tinted Lenses, Late 19th Century

Summary

Alternative Name(s): Glasses
Used: Tatura, Victoria, Australia
May have belonged to donor's grandfather, a Bank Manager in the Mallee; Thomas McCleary of Tatura. Spectacles found with her grandfather's things.
Side shields of glass helped stop sand blowing into eyes and causing soreness and possible blindness through irritation and infection.
Possibly late 19th Century.

Physical Description

Pair of child's spectacles, metal frame, fine wire mesh side shields, saddle bridge and oval tinted glass lenses, contained in a black cardboard case.