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1800 Sliding Temple Spectacles

Sliding temple spectacles were hand made until the invention of the spectacle making machine in 1833. This style frame featured temples that could be retracted to make the entire frame shorter in length. Such frames were popular with people who had to travel. They could be stored in a much smaller case. Examples were made in steel, silver, coin silver, and gold.

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Steel sliding temple eyeglasses
Brass Sliding Temple Spectacles
Roman Steel Sliding Temple Eyeglasses
1008-37
127-02
273-02
Amber Lens Shooting Lens Spectacles
Steel Double Lens Eyeglasses
Green Lens Brass Frames
1008-26
2110-16
1049-15
Steel Sliding Temple Spectacles
Roman Steel Sliding Temple Eyeglasses
Silver Spectacles by W. Beecher
1022-16
2123-04
1096-01

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