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Title
Quizzing Glass
Description
Quizzing glass, enamel, glass and gold, c 1800s-1850s.
Quizzing glasses were named so due to the tendency for the wearer to hold up the lens and "quiz" the person or object that they were looking at. This style of spectacle is simply a magnifying glass and was often attached to a chain when worn.
Quizzing glasses were named so due to the tendency for the wearer to hold up the lens and "quiz" the person or object that they were looking at. This style of spectacle is simply a magnifying glass and was often attached to a chain when worn.
Creator
Unknown
Date
c. 1800-1850s
Identifier
2003/77.9
Physical Object Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
Length: 8.2 cm
Materials
Glass and metal
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