product code : k8335 : £ 125

• 1920's gold fill frame marked DYO and1/10 12k


• Can be glazed with Rx or sunglasses lenses.

condition

• lenses : n/a


• frame : very good


• fit : very good - cable arms

size

• face : 114mm


• lens width : 39mm


• lens height : 39mm


• bridge : 25mm


• arms : n/a - cable arms

other info

• This gold filled frame from the 1920's is a transatlantic
  
  traveller and an example of how American craftsmanship
  
  was appreciated in England: the London office for the
  
  DuPaul-Young Optical Company of Southbridge Mass. was
  
  in the heart of the capital's jewellery, watch and optical
  
  quarter. DuPaul-Young was established in the US in 1887
  
  by makers DuPaul, Young and Caron and made steel and
  
  gold-filled spectacles - see the 'DYO' stamped under the
  
  bridge. The British Optical Museum have a photo of one
  
  of their 'English' catalogues from 1920 with their motto:
  
  "Quality and Finish". English gentlemen must have paid
  
  quite a price for these imported frames, but they invested
  
  in a classic: perfect round, gold-filled spectacles like these
  
  are the epitome of elegance in eyewear. DuPaul-Young
  
  Opticalcontinued until just 1951. There are probably very
  
  few eyewear companies that could put 'Southbridge and
  
  London' after their name. This pair really is a piece of
  
  US-UK history.
  
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