Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 1 and Day 2 - 30th October 2012

Lot 910

A pair of George IV silver spectacles

Estimate £250 - £300

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Description

A pair of George IV silver spectacles, by Joseph Millard, London 1825, conventional form, with extending arms, one with a double hinged blue lens, the other lens missing, inscribed 'J.P. HENDERSON' and 'PORT HENDERSON, JAMAICA', length 10.8cm. Colonel John Henderson acquired properties in Jamaica in the late 18th century and he founded the town of Port Henderson. He went on to erect a public bath house and develop Port Henderson as a fashionable spa and health resort.