AD 1912 THE ELLIOT FINGER PIECE EYEGLASS The solid gold springs have no ridges for the collection of dirt. They are practically invisible being constructed on the principle of a watch main spring. The upper portion of the placquet is an adjustable small plate of horn. PICTURE PLEASE AD 1913 “THE ELCO” Introduced by Messrs. S. DRUIFF DESCRIPTION PLEASE AD 1914 THE M-C FINGER PIECE MOUNT No. 1461. Made by MARTIN COPELAND Co. Providence R. I. PICTURE & DESCRIPTION PLEASE Marked “LUX” made in France. DATE PLEASE The finger piece lever is pivoted and attached to the long thin padded placquet by a hook. The placquet is attached to the lower rim by a flexible strip of metal. By pressing the levers the upper part of the placquet opens so that the glasses can be placed on the nose. MAKER & DATE PLEASE
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AD 1912 THE ELLIOT FINGER PIECE EYEGLASS
The solid gold springs have no ridges for the collection of dirt. They are practically invisible being constructed on the principle of a watch main spring. The upper portion of the placquet is an adjustable small plate of horn.
PICTURE PLEASE
AD 1913 “THE ELCO” Introduced by Messrs. S. DRUIFF
DESCRIPTION PLEASE
AD 1914 THE M-C FINGER PIECE MOUNT No. 1461. Made by MARTIN COPELAND Co. Providence R. I.
PICTURE & DESCRIPTION PLEASE
Marked “LUX” made in France.
DATE PLEASE
The finger piece lever is pivoted and attached to the long thin padded placquet by a hook. The
placquet is attached to the lower rim by a flexible strip of metal. By pressing the levers the upper part of the placquet opens so that the glasses can be placed on the nose.
MAKER & DATE PLEASE
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The “FITS-U WINUSUR” DATE
The “EMPIRE” DATE
The “WAR-FITS” DATE
STYLES MADE BY THE AMERICAN OPTICAL Co.
Modern style with a large curved bridge. DATE & MAKER
Modern finger piece with plastic frame. DATE & MAKER
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Simple construction, the finger piece and plaquet
lever are one piece and pivoted at the rim fastening. A spring wire attached to the rim tensions the placquets. As the finger piece lever is opened the placquets press against the spring wire opening the placquets allowing the glasses to be put on the nose. Patented.
White metal machined rims and bridge, gold coloured placquets.
Round lenses, two separate placquet levers, one for each stud.
ALL ABOVE : DATE & MAKER PLEASE
AD 1873 PURDOM & BOYD
Patented a Triple bar pince-nez ref. Optician Magazine 21st March 1913 (The Evolution of Eyeglasses & Spectacles. M. W. Dunscombe).
PICTURE PLEASE
AD 1890 Double spring Astig with flexible nose piece and fixed placquets.
MAKER & DESCRIPTION
An unusual form of pince nez. The shaped bridge piece slides in and out of hollow square tubes fixed to the rims. The placquet bars are fastened to the rim bars, the upper part contains a spring as shown in the diagram. A collar is fixed to the bridge so that the spring is compressed when the glasses are opened to put on the nose.
DATE & MAKER
Eyeglasses called “INVISIBLES”.
The rim is made of a thin flat band of metal.
The rims are made of thin round wire fitting into grooves in the lenses.
DATE & MAKER
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More styles of German pince-nez.
Two horizontal bars one with spring. A box fitting fastens the bridge to the rims.
Rimless eyeglass with narrow spring above a vertical bar. Fixed placquets.
Grab front with vertical bar and spring. Screw fastening to the rim straps.
Farley style eyeglasses with rims made of Horn, Celluloid or Tortoiseshell.
Horizontal bar and spring with the collets and placquet lever screw fastened to the bridge. Square fittings.
Horizontal bar and spring, the bridge and placquet levers are a box fitting and the placquets are offset.
Horizontal bar spring, both the collets and placquets have a screw fitting and are therefore easily adjusted. Oval fittings.
DRGM patented rolled gold eyeglasses with single bar bridge curved round and soldered to the rims to which the figure of eight placquets are loosely fastened.
MAKER AND DATE PLEASE
Similar styles which may be French (dates unknown),
DATE & MAKER
MAKER & DESCRIPTION
Large round (38 mms) toric lenses.
Large half oval and half round lenses (pantoscopic shape). The lenses are of similar size to the above.
Large solidly built astig, the collets have grub screws for easy alterations to the spring.
DATE & MAKER
AD 1925 to 1930 French imports with free-form and rectangular form. MAKER & DATE
PRE AD 1902
The round bar bridge is soldered to square studs similarly attached to the rims. Pat. 19909 C.1902 shows the same design.
DATE AND MAKER
AD 1905 The “PEERLESS” rimless eyeglass.
The mounting is in one piece and made in “Platinoid”. Advertisement by F. A. Hardy & Co.
PICTURE
The OCENTRIC NOSCRU”
Patent 14106. Low drilled with clamps to fit the lower part of the bridge to the rims.
Centre drilled type with the small plaquet lever curved upwards and screwed into the rim fitting. Cemented bi-focals.
DATE
DATE & MAKER
Centre drilled type, imitation shell rims with the strap fastened to the rims with screws.
The “SANDHURST pince-nez C. 1903
DATE & MAKER
MAKER & PICTURE
AD 1907 The “ACEOF” mount. Two small notches in the lens into which hooks were placed at the upper and lower ends of a flat spring.
PICTURE
Modern Fairy clip with Zylo rims.
DATE & MAKER
AD 1912 J. R. FLEMING – “NON-PRESS” SPECTACLES
Different type of bridge having two side pieces which fit along the orbital ridge. The pressure is distributed over a large area instead of falling on the bridge of the nose. Irrespective of the shape of the nose the frame will be centred vertically.
PICTURE
AD 1915. American half-eyes with crescent shaped lenses for close reading.
MAKER
1920’s The “CLINGWELL”.
C. 1920’s RODENSTOCK New cross form placquet named “Sports Form” giving extra grip.
AD 1921 The “SINCLAIR” rimless eyeglass made by J. L. Bruce Ltd.
The lenses are firmly held without screws.
AD 1924 American style made in white gold.
DATE & MAKER
DATE
PICTURE
MAKER
Rodenstock the “ORTHO” Rodenstock the “OPTOFIX-FORM” DATE DATE
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Styles made by LOHMANN-BLICKER
Styles made by NITSCHE & GUNTHER
There are a number of similar styles with a longer curved bridge.
IVAN FOX The Fox Optical Co., Philadelphia, USA.
The patented Lasso guard and tubular spring with screw lock ends. Fox Lasso Eyeglasses hold securely and before the centre of the eyes.
Stirrup bridge with rocking placquets.
Note : Usually marked with super-imposed letters N G.
Styles made by BIRKENSTEIN
The “RONDA
The “ROI”
DATES AND/OR MAKER PLEASE
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DATE AND/OR MAKER PLEASE
Patented Feb. 1900. Different style of placquets made from a thin plate of metal, grooved vertically.
Rolled gold frame, shaped bridge with a block fastening to the rims, rocking placquets.
Gold coloured bridge with two loops at each end which extends round the rims to form the placquets and fastens to the lower part of the lenses.
Rolled gold eyeglasses with a flat curved bridge which passes through hoops before being fastened to the rims with a stud fitting.
Stirrup bridge with unusual lens strap, ideal for fitting lens of different thicknesses. The fitting is simply screwed together
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Glasses design for reading. Reminiscent of the “Mikros” eyeglasses.
At each end of the thin wire bridge are horizontal loops as seen in the lower diagram. The placquets have two small circular pads.
Rimless eyeglasses with a flat metal bar bridge which continues round the rims and is bent upwards to form the placquet levers. Fastened to the lenses in the normal manner and with small oval placquet studs. Patents 258748, 28781.
DATE AND/OR MAKER
Clear zylo rims with rolled gold bridge and patented placquets clamped to the rims by pressure.
The bridge wire is first shaped into a horizontal loop and then curled back over the bridge. The bridge and placquet levers fit into a stud box and are screw fastened.
Thin wire stirrup bridge which also serves as the placquet levers. The bridge is soldered to the lens fitting and to the back of the placquets.
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Simple construction of a rigid bridge eyeglass with the placquet levers fixed to the lower rim. The upper part passes through a loop fixed to the bridge with the end bent to form a hook so that it is held in place.
Note : Possibly French pre-1900. There are later examples in rolled gold with a curved bridge where the end of the upper placquet lever, after passing through the rim loop, is either a small ball of metal or is curled round to form a circle.
Imitation shell frame with rolled gold bridge and Schwarb placquets. Marked H.L.
Imitation shell rims with 1/10 10ct. rolled gold fittings. The bridge extends round the rims to form the placquet levers. Marked with a triangular cross with a “B” in the middle.
American Optical Co. White gold frame with the bridge and placquet levers of one piece with double placquets.
French plated silver with elongated heart shaped placquets.
