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Eyeglasses

Description: Spectacles with silver wire frame and octagonally shaped lenses. Nose bridge has curled ends; temple tips on earpieces are open teardrop shaped. B) Case of textured black leather with open end. Stamped: Wm. G. Spies Jeweler and Optician 419 Market St. Steubenville, Ohio
Date: 1850/1899
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Eyeglasses

Description: Spectacles of silver metal with oval shaped rims; lenses missing. Case of black leather with open end. Stamped: Chas G. Lord / Manufacturing / Optician / 718 Main St. / Fort Worth, Tex.
Date: 1850/1899
Creator: Lord, Charles G.
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Eyeglasses

Description: Spectacles of copper(?) wire frames and oval shaped lenses. Right temple hinge broken and tied with black thread. B) Case of dark brown leather. Stamped: Chas. G. Lord Manufacturing Optician 718 Main St. Fort Worth, Tex.
Date: 1850/1899
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Folding fan

Description: Folding fan with mother-of-pearl sticks and guards. Off-white satin leaf. Gilt metal bail ring at base for suspension. Outer guards have been repaired with a "jeweler's repair" of small metal rivets.
Date: 1850/1899
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Folding fan

Description: Folding fan. Bone guards and sticks (14) both lightly carved. The white gauze leaf has a hand-painted rose garland design. Measurements: 38 cm. across extended; Guard: 21 cm. long x 3 cm. wide.
Date: 1850/1899
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Formal vest

Description: Vest of cream silk damask in lattice diamond pattern. Single breasted with closure of five self-covered buttons. Shawl collar; three welt pockets. Back and lining of cotton muslin. Adjustable waistband with metal buckle. Buckle reads: Paris /1856 / Solibe / G & [?] C 12
Date: 1850/1859
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Mitts

Description: Pair of black cotton lace mitts. The wrist-length fingerless gloves are of hand-crocheted lace, in a wide mesh. Slight frill at wrist, and separate thumb. A narrow black ribbon is threaded through the cuff, one ribbon lacking.
Date: [1850..1867]
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Sunbonnet

Description: Sunbonnet of black silk taffeta. The brim of the hat has 6 shirred hoops with deep padding in between, and a ruffled edge of the same fabric. At center back of neck, on the tail of the hat, is a flat bow of black silk taffeta, and the ties are of black silk taffeta ribbon. The crown is lined with brown glazed cotton fabric. The TFC thanks Rebecca Jumper Matheson for her research on this object.
Date: 1850
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Wool hat

Description: Hat of off-white wool yarn and beads. Hat is based on a fanchon style, consisting of a knitted, somewhat diamond-shaped piece to fit across top of head and extending down sides to the ears, with wide off-white silk ribbon ties at end of extensions. Unlike a regular fanchon, which is solely of a piece of flat lace, this cap has a deep pile of the same wool yarn over the entire surface of the cap, each piece tipped with a cylindrical frosted white bead.
Date: 1850
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Crinoline

Description: Off-white crinoline with spring steel hoops. Covered in fabric with white on white woven design of "H" shapes. Metal fastener at front of 1" wide waist band. First four rows of springs only go half-way around skirt and are tied around the body in front. Last five rows form complete circle or hoop. No labels in garment. Attached tag with what appears to be an auction lot number, "253".
Date: 1860
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