1800 Benjamin Martin Eyeglasses
Martin Margin Number 2159-24
Benjamin Martin, a London optician, is credited with making the first eyeglasses that corrected vision in addition to being a reading aid. He published an essay in 1756 in which he explained his theories that the common spectacle then in use was "prejudicial to the eye" because the large lenses allowed too much "light to enter the eye."
Martin made spectacles in which one third of the lens opening was filled with the horn of the Ox and in which the "lens tilted inwards so that the axes of the eye converged on the object of regard."
Most frames by Martin were made from steel. A few were made from coin silver.
This example, is from coin silver and is in excellent condition.
The frames are stamped several times with silver hallmarks and makers marks.
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