- Museum number
- F171
F171A - Object
- Spectacles and case, silver, shagreen, English, about 1800
- Description
- Accessions Register describes it as "silver mounted spectacles in shagreen case, 1823"
- Materials
- Shagreen
- On display?
- Yes
Further description
- Simple name
- Spectacles
Case
Spectacles and case
English
Silver, shagreen,
about 1800
F171
Shopping was an essential part of the fashionable visit to Bath. Luxury shops first appeared here in the early eighteenth century when, following Queen Anne’s visits, wealthy and fashionable visitors came to the Spa in ever increasing numbers.
What people then called toys were not for children but were expensive novelties for adults. The famous toyshops of Bath sold items such as shoe buckles, canes, scent bottles, small portable cases known as etuis, and snuff boxes. Toyshops might also sell other luxuries such as porcelain, cosmetics, perfumes, hair powder and even scientific instruments.
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