Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found in a bag containing 23 spectacles/related objects (1898.219, 1903.206, 1916.64.1-2, 1916.65.1-2, 1918.165.1-2, 1918.166, 1920.34-1920.37, 1920.39, 1921.63.53, 1921.63.54, 1921.63.56.1-2, 1921.63.57, 1921.63.58, 1922.209, 1923.1303, TEMP.00837-TEMP.00841) with four handwritten card labels, two reading 'SPECTACLES' (though in different hands), one 'SPECTACLES CAMBS + BRISTOL', and one 'NO PROV'.
Event Date
Author: David Kay

Context (Other owners)
Given the initials 'H J v H' inscribed on this object, it may be very tentatively linked to the von Hügel family. Conversely, this link may be fairly unlikely given the object was donated to the Museum by John Jennings.
Event Date
Author: David Kay

Description (Inscription)
One one side of the case, below the lid, is a scrolled/foliate plaque with the letters 'H J v H' in the centre.
Event Date
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Accession register entry: 'Tortoise shell, gold mounted spectacle case'.
Event Date 1918
Author: David Kay

Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Tortoise-shell/plastic oblong spectacles case. The wider end opens as a lid, with a hinge on one side and a now-broken steel clasp opposite. The join across the lid is decorated with bands of scrolled/foliate copper alloy sheet metal on either side, with a further band set along the centre of the top edge of the case/lid. One one side below the lid is a scrolled/foliate plaque with the letters 'H J v H' in the centre. The interior of the case is made of bone covered with blue velvet.
Event Date 20/2/2019
Author: David Kay