Brass wire Besicles, 17th century
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An early 17th century besicles bent out brass wire, that the glass rim is slightly eroded. The brass strips are on either side of the nose with a thin brass wire to the rest of the frame fastened, so that the possible replacement of a besiclesglas can be easily detached. The besicles has been unearthed in Amsterdam by J. Baart.