Dr. Alexander Barron (1743-1819), oil painting by J. Campbell Phillips,
1948, courtesy of the Waring Historical Library, MUSC, Charleston, SC He was
president of the South Carolina Medical Society from 1792-1795 |
Heavy silver, Nuremberg style nose spectacles, presumably worn by S. M.
Drayton, mid-18th century, original red leather covered cardboard pull-off
case, the Charleston Museum |
ISandstone sculpture of Court Jew Lämmle Seeligmann (the banker), one
of the caricatures (many are dwarfs) at park of Castle Weikersheim (near
Württemberg), made by Johann Jakob Sommer (1645-1715) and his sons Georg
Christoph (1677-1743) and Philipp Jakob (1686-1751), early 1700s, photo by
Ernst Eichhorn (1921-2007). |
Case for folding style rivet spectacles, perhaps 15 – 16th century, early
for rivet, leather covered wood, notice the short tubes (tracks) for thin
cord to hold this closed and also to hang from the waist. Extremely unusual |
Portrait of Joannes Hallius (1549-1619, painted by A. Vinck, Dutch, 1614,
Museum Catharinjaconvent |
