1777 American Eyeglasses
Stock Number 275-32

At the time of the American Revolution nearly all eyeglasses in the Colonies came from England and Europe. The standard lens shape at that time was round. However, oval lenses had recently been introduced. The American Major-General Israel Putnam made a point of wearing the new oval lenses so that his spectacles "did not look as those of my enemy."

Only two examples of dated American Revolution period eyeglasses are known to exist.

Other frames that date to the mid 18th Century

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