Glasses of the Remonstrant parson Geesteranus A (1593-1658), NS-NM-35-A Squeeze Spectacles with silver frame and round, ground glass. The glasses are contained in the silver rings which are open at the top and is bent back so that a loop is created Where: a piece of string or steel wire may be pulled through, and raised for the closure of the ring. The outer edge of the glass has been obliquely worn away. The nose arch stands with curls on the ringen. Manufacturer : optician: anonymous location manufacture: The Netherlands Date: ca. 1610 - ca. 1658 Physical characteristics: Silver, glass, flax
Glasses of the Remonstrant parson Geesteranus A (1593-1658), NS-NM-35-A Squeeze Spectacles with silver frame and round, ground glass. The glasses are contained in the silver rings which are open at the top and is bent back so that a loop is created Where: a piece of string or steel wire may be pulled through, and raised for the closure of the ring. The outer edge of the glass has been obliquely worn away. The nose arch stands with curls on the ringen. Manufacturer : optician: anonymous location manufacture: The Netherlands Date: ca. 1610 - ca. 1658 Physical characteristics: Silver, glass, flax material: frame: silver glass: glass string: flax Technique: forging / grinding dimensions: glasses: h cm. B × cm. ToelichtingDe Arminian preacher Geesteranus Arnold would have worn these glasses during his imprisonment in Loevestein, where he was imprisoned for preaching the Arminian doctrine. The seat and its box were then in the family kept as a memento of this
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