Rimless spectacles with gold hardware in case
Date
Circa 1910
Description
Rimless oval shaped spectacles with metal arms and spring hinge in navy colour case.
Rimless glasses with gold hardware had been developed earlier in the century and were liked for having a similar subtlety as gold wire rim glasses. They were the preferred style amongst professionals.
For hundreds of years, glasses had kept largely the same design. The arms connected to the frames at the enter edge of the circular or oval frames and ran straight back to the ear. This changed in the 1920s when American Optical patented their “Ful-Vue” design.
Many gold or silver frames used “plate” by wrapping the precious metal around a more inexpensive material. some were even made of solid 10k or 14k gold.
From a collection of glasses formerly worn by Mrs M. Hassett (1891-1983) and her husband. The Glasses were worn from the early 1900s until 1983. They were originally obtained form optometrists in Warrnambool, Geelong, Ballarat and Melbourne, the most noted being Thomas Gaunt & Co. (Melbourne, Australia), late 19th century manufacturer and retailer of jewellery, clocks, watches and decorative items.
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