Spectacles

Timothy Keith, Jr. and William Keith, American, active early 19th century

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about 1815

Silver

Overall: 1 × 4 3/8 in. (2.5 × 11.1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Louise C. and Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924

M.978.33

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Personal Gear: Eyeglasses

Research Area

Decorative Arts

Not on view

Inscriptions

Marked inside wearer's right bow: T + W KEITH / WORCESTER

Provenance

Frank L. Harrington, Sr. (1902-1988) and Louise Cronin Harrington (1904-2000), Worcester, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1978.

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