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OPHTHALMIC ANTIQUES INTERNATIONAL COLLECTORS' CLUB
JOURNAL INDEX Covering Issues 136-151, July 2016 – April 2020
Compiled by Valerie Mellor
SUBJECT AUTHOR ISSUE,PAGE DATE
Advertising, Publicity, Trade Cards, etc.
Zeiss Perivist spectacles 137/14 Oct..2016
'Nooz Concept' pince-nez advert 138/15 Jan..2017
The 'Maisette' eye shade 139/4 Apr..2017
Spectacle frame for respirators Theodore Hamblin Ltd 143/5 Apr..2018
Advert – Purdom & Stokes The Optician, 2 April 1891 145/9 Oct..2019
Advert in 1932 Chemist & Druggist 147/11 Apr..2019
Advert for Barr & Stroud binoculars 150/1,14 Jan..2020
Wiseman advert for Algha Sports frame 151/5 Apr..2020
Archeological/Historical Finds
Artificial Eyes
Auctions (not OAICC)
BOA Museum
Eye-Openers N Handley 148/14 Jul..2019
British College of Optometrists
Buying & Selling Optical Antiques/
Gifting to Museums
Camera Obscura, Peepshows,
Perspective Boxes
Catalogues and Collecting
Ceramics
Delft tiles with peddlers W Banninga 136/4,16 Jul..2016
'The Find':Place Jeu de
Balle/Vossenplein, Brussels 2018 (tile)
C M Mitchell 147/1,9 Apr..2019
Charity Cycling for Sight
Optics Cycling 4 Sight T Bowden 136/5 Jul..2016
London to Paris 2016 T Bowden 138/11 Jan..2017
Prudential Ride London 100 T Bowden 139//13
140/12
Apr..2017
Jul..2017
Chatelaines
Collectors
College of Optometrists
Open House at the College of
Optometrists
N Handley 145/8 Oct..2018
Contact Lenses
Book: 'Contact Lenses, The Story' T Bowden 139/5
140/8
142/2
Apr..2017
Jul..2017
Jan..2018
Development of Spectacles
eBay
Alan Leach's eBay window A Leach 136/15 Jul..2016
ditto ditto 137/15 Oct..2016
ditto ditto 138/14 Jan..2017
ditto ditto 139/15 Apr..2017
ditto ditto 140/15 Jul..2017
ditto ditto 142/14 Jan..2018
ditto ditto 143/14 Apr..2018
ditto ditto 144/14 Jul..2018
ditto ditto 145/14 Oct..2018
18th century brass banjo-style flip-top case Sold on eBay, £440.00 150//3 Jan..2020
Eyebaths
A 'Ross' eyebath query William Shipley Group for
RSA History
149/1,13 Oct..2019
Fairs and Meetings
Upcoming fairs and meetings
July 2016-May 2017 Editor 136/3 Jul.. 2016
Upcoming fairs and meetings
October 2016-May 2017 Editor 137/3 Oct..2016
Upcoming fairs and meetings
April 2017- October 2017 Editor 138/3 Jan..2017
Upcoming fairs and meetings
April 2017-October 2017 Editor 139/3 Apr..2017
Upcoming fairs and meetings
July 2017-May 2018 Editor 140/3 Jul..2017
Upcoming fairs and meetings
October 2017-May 2018 Editor 141/5 Oct..2017
Forthcoming Fairs and Meetings
Antique & Collectors' Fairs: Feb-Apr 2018
Meetings: Apr-Oct 2018
Editor 142/3 Jan..2018
Forthcoming Fairs and Meetings
Antique & Collectors' Fairs:Apr-June 2018
Meetings: Apr – Oct 2018
Editor 143/4 Apr..2018
Forthcoming Fairs and Meetings
June-October 2018 Editor 144/3 Jul..2018
Forthcoming Fairs and Meetings
September-Decembe 2018 Editor 145/3 Oct..2018
Forthcoming Fairs and Meetings.
Fairs -See Antiques Atlas website: https://www.antiques-atlas.com/dbevents
Meetings – Friday 17 May, visit to Saville
Row/Algha
2019 Club AGM and Auction Sunday 19
May
Editor 146/3 Jan..2019
Forthcoming Fairs and Meetings
Fairs:
https://www.antiques-atlas.com/dbevents/
Meetings:
a) Savile Row/Algha visit 17 May 2019
b) Club AGM Sunday 19 May 2019
c) 2019 Club Trip 29 August-1 September
d) 2020 Antique Vision www.college-
optometrtists.org/2020AntiqueVision
Editor
P Optiek
D Baker, N Handley
147/3 Apr..2019
Forthcoming Fairs and Meetings
Fairs: https://www.antiques-atlas.com/dbevents/
Meetings:
a) 2019 Club trip to Scotland
b) 2020AntiqueVision
Editor
P Optiek
N Handley
148/3 Jul..2019
Forthcoming Fairs and Meetings
Fairs: https://www.antiques-atlas.com/dbevents/
Meetings:
2020 AntiqueVision
Editor
N Handley
149/3 Oct..2019
Forthcoming Fairs and Meetings
Fairs: https://www.antiques-atlas.com/dbevents/
Meetings:
a) 2020 Club AGM and Auction
b) 2020 Antique Vision
Editor
J Dixon Salt
150/3 Jan..2020
Forthcoming Fairs and Meetings
Fairs: https://www.antiques-atlas.com/dbevents/
Meetings:
a) 2020 Club AGM and Auction and 2020
AntiqueVision both cancelled
b) October 2020 - Possibly informal visits
to private collections in the Netherlands
Editor
J Dixon Salt
P. Optiek
151/3 Apr..2020
For Sale/Exchange
Collection of Henk Bergmans, Netherlands 139/3 Apr..2017
Foundation of the American Academy of
Ophthalmology
From My Collection
Gold scissor spectacles, horn brisé fan,
'invisible' thin wire rimmed spectacles K Adamson 137/14 Oct..2016
Goggles
Something Different: Goggles R J S MacGregor 137/6 Oct..2016
History
A peep at the vision of Samuel Pepys
(1633-1703) N Handley 136/10,16 Jul..2016
Jhronimus Bosch (c.1450-1516) W Banninga 137/9,16 Oct..2016
Honours
TELLY awards to M Shupnick (writing)
and D Fleishman (documentary); Infinity
Award 2016 to Kris Koenig
D Fleishman 139/12 Apr..2017
Presidential Medal of New England
College of Optometry D Fleishman 141/16 Oct..2017
An optician takes the helm at WCSM Huntly J R Taylor FBDO 150/15 Jan..2020
Memoir – Alan King - a life in optics
(Dec. 2019 he became a liveryman of the
WCSM)
A King, N Handley 151/11-12 Apr..2020
Instruments & Instrument Makers
The Scripture colour sense tester J Dixon Salt 136/1,7 Jul..2016
Lens Measures J Dixon Salt 137/5 Oct..2016
Donders model P Optiek 138/1,7 Jan..2017
Unidentified instrument (binocular
retinoscope) P Optiek
138/8
Ophthalmotropes R Keeler 139/6 Apr..2017
Photo: Eye warmer University of Pennsylvania 140/16 Jul..2017
Joint angle measure RJS MacGregor,J Dixon Salt 141/13-14 Oct..2017
Mr Harrison Butler's colour test J Dixon Salt 142/4 Jan..2018
Wanted: Johnston optometer 150/1,3 Jan..2020
Wanted: Sasieni frame-fitting set 150/1,3
Square, dots and paddles for vision tests J Dixon Salt 151/1, 7-8 Apr..2020
Insurance
Jealousy Glass
Leather & Other Materials
Lenses
Lens measures J Dixon Salt 137/5 Oct..2016
A nautical curiosity from HMS Mars R J S MacGregor 143/3 Apr..2018
'Frosted' optical lenses U Timm 143/11
Crookes lenses – Should we be concerned? J Dixon Salt 146/11-13 Jan..2019
Cylinders without astigmatism? C E Letocha 148/8-14 Jul..2019
Lorgnettes
19th century lorgnettes N Handley 150/9 Jan..2020
Magnifiers
Miniature magnifier P Optiek 139/13 Apr..2017
Victorian reading glass R J S MacGregor 143/1,3 Apr..2018
From the refurbishment bench – hand
magnifier F Norville 149/7 Oct..2019
c1750 magnifying glass N Handley 150/9 Jan..2020
Medals/ Coins
Gullstrand medal P Optiek 140/5 Jul..2017
Presidential medal for creation of Antique
Spectacles website D Fleishman 141/16 Oct..2017
Fellowship medal of the Institute of
Ophthalmic Opticians 147/1,11 Apr..2019
Media/Websites
Neil Handley on 'Bitz & Bob: Finding out' https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06ysc
mx
N Handley 147/7 Apr..2019
Meet a Member
Peter Watkins 138/13 Jan..2017
Ronald MacGregor 139/10 Apr..2017
Richard Keeler 140/9 Jul..2017
Microscopes
A Nuremberg miscroscope P Aangenendt 147/1,7 Apr..2019
Model Eyes
Oculists' Model Eyes and a History of
Model Eye-Making M O Hughes 143/9 Apr..2018
The Wax Woman of Bologna D Baker 144/8-9 Jul..2018
Monocles
Useful, Practical, One of a Kind: the
Monocle of Dorothea Therbusch U Timm 146/1,5 Jan..2019
Another Dorothea Therbusch monocle W Weismuller 147/1,6 Apr..2019
Museums/Exhibitions/Collections
Robert La Roche, 4 May-25 September
2016, Vienna 136/3 Jul..2016
Revealing the Invisible: The history of
glass and the microscope 23 April 2016-19
March 2017, New York
136/4
137/3
138/4
Oct..2016
Jan..2017
Stiftung Deutsches Optisches Museum N Handley 140/8 Jul..2017
'Retrospective: London, spectacles and half
a millennia' – hosted by Cubitts J Dixon Salt 146/1,10 Jan..2019
The College of Optical Sciences collection,
Tucson, Arizona, USA N Handley 146/1,7
Proposed new American Academy of
Ophthalmology museum Optometry Today, November 146/3
My Pop-up Museum Jan Van Ommeslaeghe 148/7 Jul..2019
Another museum closure (Zeiss Jena
Optisches Museum) U Timm 149/10 Oct..20109
And a museum opening – the Contact Lens
Museum, Forest Grove, Oregon, USA)) N Handley 149/10
A professional museum on film – Part 1 –
the 1930s N Handley 150/8-10 Jan..2020
The Kett Museum, Melbourne, Australia 151/1,13 Apr..2020
The Contact Lens Museum, Oregon, USA 151/1,14
Mystery Object
Vic's Mystery Object V Burness 136/6 Jul..2016
Mystery object in Blythe House (binocular
retinoscope) P Optiek 138/8
139/14
Jan..2017
Apr..2017
Base for hand/stand perimeter 139/114
Another mystery object - spectacles 146/1,15 Jan..2019
'Scope' for investigation J-M Devriendt 149/8-9 Oct..2019
Mystery spectacles from Sussex 149/16
Nose-Spectacles
OAICC
Financial Accounts, period ended
31 December 2015 P Watkins 136/13 Jul..2016
Financial Accounts, period ended
31 December 2016 P Watkins 140/14 Jul..2017
New Sort Code; Renewals P Watkins 143/2 Apr..2018
Financial Accounts, period ended
31 December 2017 P Watkins 144/11 Jul..2018
Who loves this newsletter? P Watkins 147/15 Apr..2019
OAICC Annual General Meetings and
Auctions
2016 AGM and Auction Part One P Optiek 136/8 Jul..2016
AGM and Auction Part Two R Midwinter 136/14
2017 AGM Reports P Optiek, E Wijnsouw, Tjalle
'TJ' Story
140//5 Jul..2017
OAICC AGM 2017 Auction report A Leach 140/6
Highlights of the AGM weekend 2018 P Optiek 144/6-7 Jul..2018
2019 Club Auction J Dixon Salt 147/13 Apr..2019
OAICC Annual General Meeting 2019 J Dixon Salt 148/6 Jul..2019
OAICC Book Collection
OAICC General Membership
OAICC Journal
Chairman's Chat, July 2016:
1) Date of 2017 OAICC AGM – 14 May
2) Change of Password from 1.8.16
J Dixon Salt 136/2 Jul..2016
The Editor, July 2016:
1) Ophthalmic Antiques on Club website
2) Next OHS meeting 27-30 April 2017
3) Optical Heritage Museum, Southbridge
4) Planned new Deutsches Optisches
Museum, Jena
T Bowden 136/2
Chairman's Chat October 2016:
1) lens measures, frame rules, workshop
tools, frame display stands, etc.
2) Chairman's address
J Dixon Salt 137/2 Oct..2016
The Editor, October 2016:
1) Club website
2) OHS Meeting update 27-29 April 2017
3) Sale of collection K Kortland
4) Club visit to London 220-22 Oct. 2016
T Bowden 137/2
Chairman's Chat, January 2017:
1) Chairman's 'Budgie Stick' 138/2 Jan..2017
The Editor, January 2017
1) Ocular Heritage Society Meeting 2017
2) New Optical Museum
3) Subscriptions due
4) Birmingham visit by N Handley, A
Gasson and T Bowden
138/2
Chairman's Chat, April 2017:
1) Forthcoming AGM 2017
2) Chairman's address
J Dixon Salt 139/2 Apr..2017
The Editor, April 2017:
1) Corrections of Issue 138
2) New password
3) Small collection for sale
4) Letter from the Treasurer
5) Club visit to Germany October 2017
6) Merging of Luxottica and Essilor
(V Mellor)
7) Sale of items (B Mitchell)
8) Safilo Museum closed (R MacGregor)
9) Imminent new location for R Vascellari
10) Chuck & Maureen Letocha 45th
T Bowden 139/2
wedding anniversary
11) Death of Gordon Turner
12) Lennon's broken specs
Chairman's Chat, July 2017:
1) Invitation to members to host viewings
of their collections
2) Welcome to new members
J Dixon Salt 140/2 July..2017
The Editor, July 2017:
1)Surprise, Surprise (multi-draw spy glass)
2) Re: 'L'Art de Voir'
3) New book: 'How we see the World'
V Mellor
P Aangenendt
140/2
Editorial, October 2017:
In Memoriam, Tim Bowden 1952-2017 N Handley 141/2 Oct..2017
Chairman's Chat, October 2017:
Condolences to Lis Bowden and family J Dixon Salt 141/2
Editorial, January 2018:
New Editor David Baker D Baker 142/2 Jan..2018
Chairman's Chat, January 2018
1) Welcome to new Editor, David Baker
2) London Open House 2017
3) Club's website for information about
future events
4) See
norville.co.uk/acatalog/Heritage.html
for 'intriguing historical images.'
J Dixon Salt 142/2
Editorial, April 2018
a) Re. article on Gas Masks
b) Membership of the Worshipful
Company of Spectacle-Makers
b) Publicity for OAICC in WCSM's news-
letter 'Master and Wardens.'
D Baker 143/2 Apr..2018
Chairman's Chat, April 2018
a) Find OAICC members near you
b) Chairman's forthcoming visit to USA
J Dixon Salt 143/2 Apr..2018
Editorial, July 2018
David Baker's first OAICC AGM 144/2 Jul..2018
Chairman's Chat, July 2018
a) AGM 2018
b) New password
c) General Data Protection Regulations
J Dixon Salt 144/2
Editorial, October 2018 D Baker 145/2 Oct..2018
a) Editor completes his first year
b) The journal is interactive
Chairman's Chat, October 2018
a) Teamwork works: driving goggles
b) 'Hindsight' journal web address
c) Thanks to all for successful AGM
J Dixon Salt 145/2
Editorial January 2019
a) Changes in Journal's layout
b) Crookes lenses
c) WCSM participation in Lord Mayor's
show
d) David Baker's new book
D Baker 146/2 Jan..2019
Chairman's Chat, January 2019
Thanks to contributors J Dixon Salt 146/2
Editorial, April 2019
Comments on the content of OA 147 D Baker 147/2 Apr..2019
Chairman's Chat, April 2019
2019 AGM J Dixon Salt 147/2
Editorial, July 2019
Reference to articles on 2019 AGM and
2020 OAICC/OHS meeting, articles by
Chuck Letocha and Jan Van Ommeslaeghe
D Baker 148/2 Jul..2019
Chairman's Chat, July 2019
a) Members from Europe, Russia and
America at 2019 AGM
b) Joint meeting April 2020 OAICC+OHS
J Dixon Salt 148/2
Editorial, October 2019
An issue of mystery items 149/2 Oct..2019
Chairman's Chat, October 2019
John and Sarah visit Kirkliston Churchyard
(Spectacles carved on a tombstone 1727,
also featured in Issue 62, page 12)
149/2
Editorial, January 2020
a)150th edition of the newsletter (journal)
b) Four aims of first issue, September 1982
c) Editor's interest in adverts featuring
cricket
D Baker 150/2 Jan.. 2020
Chairman's Chat, January 2020
2020 Club AGM and auction – items to be
displayed on a screen during auction
J Dixon Salt 150/2
Looking back after 150 issues of
Ophthalmic Antiques 150/16
Editorial, April 2020
The coronavirus pandemic – time to attend
to our collections and maybe submit an
article for the journal
D Baker 151/2 Apr..2020
Chairman's Chat, April 2020
2020 AGM and joint meeting with OHS
April 23-26 (2020 Antique Vision)
cancelled (due to coronavirus)
J Dixon Salt 151/2
OAICC Visits
The October Club Meeting 2016 P Optiek 138/7 Jan..2017
Club visit to Germany October 2017 Editor 138/15
The Great Antiques Spectacle Road Trip P Optiek 140/10 Jul..2017
Jean-Marie goes to Utrecht (June 2017) P Meininger 141/11 Oct..2017
Piet goes to Scotland (April 2017) P Optiek 142/6 Jan..2018
An American Abroad (Wuppertal 2017) T Chahine 142/10
2018 visit to Brussels P Optiek 144/3 Jul..2018
Highlights of the AGM weekend,May 2018 P Optiek 144/6
2018 visit to the Algha factory L Bloem 144/10
2019 Club trip P Optiek 146/3 Jan..2019
The 2018 Club trip to Brussels – An outing
to Lens J-M Devriendt 146/6
Club trip to Scotland 2019 C & P Aangenendt 149/14-15 Oct..2019
Possible informal visit to Netherlands,
October 2020 P Optiek 151/3 Apr..2020
OAICC Website
Reminder to browse www.oaicc.com D Baker 145/2 Oct..2018
New items
https://www.oaicc.com/shop/items-for-sale
and remember to browse www.oaicc.com
Editor 146/2 Jan..2019
www.college-
optometrtists.org/2020AntiqueVision N Handley 147/3 Apr..2019
https://oaicc.com/future-events/ 151/2 Apr..2020
Obituaries
In Memoriam – Douglas S Thomson
(1923-2016) F Barraclough, V Mellor 137/8 Oct..2016
Pierre A Marly (1915-2015) P Rocher 137/11
Letter from daughter of Douglas Thomson C Balm 138/15 Jan..2017
Gordon George Turner 1925-2017 F Barraclough 140/4 Jul..2017
Sarah Ruth Pollack 1931-2017 F Barraclough 140/4
Tim Bowden FADO 1952-2017 N Handley, F Barraclough 141/2,3 Oct..2017
Dr Jean Hansell 142/15 Jan..2018
A tribute to Tim Bowden N Handley 145/10 Oct..2018
Kathleen Rosemary Holland ('Kath')
28/5/1944 – 18/3/2018 F Barraclough 145/1,11-12
Joan Dunk J Dixon Salt, V Burness 148/15 Jul..2019
Philippe Dumoulin, Brussels 150/3 Jan..2020
Ocular Heritage Society
Ocular Heritage Society Update C E Letocha 136/1,12 Jul..2016
OHS 2017 meeting, Philadelphia C E Letocha 140/13,16 Jul..2017
OHS 2018 meeting, Tucson: visit to
University of Arizona College of Optical
Sciences – Antique and historic optics
collection
N Handley 146/7-9 Jan..2019
Ocular Heritage Society meeting 2019 C E Letocha 148/6 Jul..2019
2020AntiqueVision Joint meeting with
OAICC cancelled due to coronavirus J Dixon Salt 151/3 Apr..2020
One of the Oldest Optical Guilds
Opera Glasses/Binoculars
Just for fun P Watkins 140/1,12 Jul..2017
Opera glasses – my passion J M Devriendt 141/12 Oct..2017
Advert for Barr & Stroud binoculars 150/1,14 Jan..2020
Ophthalmics/Ophthalmology
Landolt Ophthalmoscope R J S MacGregor 151/1,4-5 Apr..2020
Optical Art
Apostle John on Patmos Jhronimus Bosch (c.1450-
1516)
137/9,16 Oct..2016
Three oil paintings showing antique
spectacles in wear R J S MacGregor 140/7 Jul..2017
Cartoon of Ben Franklin wearing temple
spectacles Library Company of
Philadelphia
140/16
'Temple Spectacles' book plate Library Company of
Philadelphia
140/16
'Physionotrace' portraits P Aangenendt 141/1,4 Oct..2017
Cartoon by Gochs Walgreens Boots Alliance 141/16
Two oil paintings, sitters wearing antique
spectacles J Parrott 141/16
The history of an altar panel P Aangenendt 142/1,13 Jan..2018
Decorated Japanese plate or plaque R J S MacGregor 142/5
The portrait of an elderly woman in folk
dress c 1900 147/1,5 Apr..2019
Portrait of a gentleman José Buzo y Cáceres 147/5
Watching a paper wind toy Nicolaas Juweel 147/5
Artist's reducing glass – myth or fact? A Club member 150/11-12 Jan..2020
A lover's eye V Mellor, N Handley 151/1,16 Apr..2020
Detail from Kept In by Erskine Nicol,1866 New Walk Museum & Art
Gallery, Leicester
151/5
Optical Fans
Horn brisé fan K Adamson 137/1,14 Oct..2016
Optical Patron Saints
Optical Photography
We called to see you – Victorian cartes de
visite N Handley 141/6 Oct..2017
Photographs of Civil War period (1861-65) A McBrayer 141/11
Optics
Optics by the seaside: Weston-super-Mare P Watkins 145/16 Oct..2018
Advert: 'Qualify in Optics' 1932 Chemist & Druggist 147/11 Apr..2019
Personal recollections of the development
of optometry in the middle of the century F Barraclough 149/11 Ooct..2019
Rx forms then and now F Norville 149/12-13
Oriental Spectacles/Cases
Other Organisations
David Fleishman awarded Presidential
Medal , New England College of
Optometry
D Fleishman 141/16 Oct..2017
The Worshipful Company of Spectacle
Makers
WCSM participation in Lord Mayor's
Show
Helen Perkins, Clerk 143/1,13
146/1,2,16
Apr..2018
Jan..2019
University of Arizona, College of Optical
Sciences – Antique and Historic Optics N Handley 146/7
Collection
Fellowship medal of the Institute of
Ophthalmic Opticians 147/11 Apr..2019
Huntly J R Taylor – new Master 2019-2020 150/15 Jan..2020
Alan King, Liveryman of WCSM A King, N Handley 151/1,11 Apr..2020
Patents
Greaves patent spectacles R J S MacGregor 144/4 Jul..2018
Something patently different:Patent Solid R J S MacGregor 145/4 Oct..2018
Patent Solid spectacles Anon. 149/1,6 Oct..2019
Richardson's patent spectacles R J S MacGregor 150/4 Jan..2020
Personal
Pince-Nez/Eyeglasses
Something Different: Pendant + Eyeglasses R J S MacGregor 138/6 Jan..2017
'Nooz Concept' pince-nez advert 138/15
Pendants with folding eyeglasses R J S MacGregor, J Parrott,
U Timm
139/1,5 Apr..2017
A new book on Eyeglasses & Optical
Devices: 'L'Art de Voir' P Azoulay 139/9
Illustrations of temple spectacles 140/16 Jul..2017
Eyeglasses on medallion of the collar of
the Guild of St George in Zevenbergen C & P Aangenendt 141/5 Oct..2017
Leather eyeglasses in Weismuller
collection P Optiek 142/1,12 Jan..2018
Japanese cord eyeglasses as decoration on
papier-maché plate or plaque R J S MacGregor 142/5
Bruce Green folding pince-nez R J S MacGregor 143/7 Apr..2018
Three-bar astigmatic pince-nez Purdom & Stokes 145/1,9 Oct..2018
Pince-nez frame props J Dixon Salt 150/1,5-7 Jan..2020
Postage Stamps
Proverbs
Publicity/Trade Cards, etc.
Quizzers
Jet quizzing glass N Handley 150/10 Jan..2020
Repairers
Restoration Work
Repair – pair of old silver spectacles F Norville 138/5 Jan..2017
Fom the refurbishment bench F Norville 149/1,7 Oct..2019
Rivet Spectacles
The oldest most complete rivet spectacle C & P Aangenendt 141/4-5 Oct..2017
Scissors Spectacles
From my collection: Gold scissor
spectacles K Adamson 137/1,14 Oct..2016
It is not all gold that shines (pinchbeck) P Aangenendt 143/1,13 Apr..2018
Sight/Vision
Sight: The Story of Vision (film) D Fleishman 139/11 Apr..2017
Spots before the eyes J Dixon Salt 151/7-8 Apr..2020
Silver/Gold Spectacle-Makers + Marks
Something Different
Ivory spectacle case R J S MacGregor 136/5 Jul..2016
Goggles R J S MacGregor 137/6 Oct..2016
Gold pendant with folding eyeglasses R J S MacGregor 138/6 Jan..2017
'Maisette' eye shade R J S MacGregor 139/4 Apr..2017
Three oil paintings showing antique
spectacles in wear R J S MacGregor 140/7 Jul.. 2017
Joint-Angle measurers R J S MacGregor, J Dixon
Salt
141/13-14 Oct..2017
Decorated Japanese plate or plaque R J S MacGregor 142/5 Jan..2018
Folding astigmatic pince-nez R J S MacGregor 143/7 Apr..2018
Greaves Patent spectacles R J S MacGregor 144/4 Jul..2018
Two pairs of Patent spectacles: of
pinchbeck and of German silver R J S MacGregor 145/4 Oct..2018
Joints and bridge of x-bridge spectacles
with turnpin sides R J S MacGregor 147/4-5 Apr..2019
Something...Similar, Aphakic spectacles C E Letocha, J Dixon Salt 148/4-5 Jul..2019
Something (slightly) different: Patent Solid
spectacles R J S MacGregor, 149/6 Oct..2019
Anonymous
Sterling silver Richardson's Patent
spectacles R J S MacGregor 150/4 Jan..2020
Landolt Ophthalmoscope R J S MacGregor 151/4-5 Apr..2020
Songs, Song-sheets
Spectacle Bridges
Joints and bridge of x-bridge spectacles
with turnpin sides R J S MacGregor 147/1,4-5 Apr..2019
Spectacle Cases
Ivory spectacle case R J S MacGreor 136/5 Jul..2016
18th century banjo-style flip-top case R J S MacGregor 150/3,16 Jan..2020
Spectacle Frames
Frame props J Dixon Salt 150/1,5 Jan..2020
Wanted: Sasieni frame-fitting set, 1950s 150/3
Windsor frames N Handley 150/10
Wiseman advert for Algha Sports frame 151/5 Apr..2020
Spectacle Joints
Joints and bridge of x-bridge spectacles
with turnpin sides R J S MacGregor 147/1,4-5 Apr..2019
Spectacle Makers, Optical Firms,
Opticians
P Marly and Essilor 137/11-13 Oct..2016
Oliver Goldsmith R Midwinter 138/1,10,16 Jan..2017
The Algha Spectacle Works
2018 Visit to the Algha factory The Gentle Author
P Optiek, L Bloem
139/7
144/1,6,10
Apr..2017
Jul..2018
The Glasgow Boy (J Q Pringle) D Baker 142/7 Jan..2018
Purdom & Stokes, Victorian Spectacle-
Makers R J S MacGregor 145/9 Oct..2018
Optician shops on old picture postcards I & W Weismuller 145/1,13
Optics by the seaside: Greenslade, Weston-
super-Mare P Watkins 145/16
Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers
at the Lord Mayor's Show 146/1,16 Jan..2019
Frederick Bateman & Co Ltd 1883-1972 K Adamson 147/10 Apr..2019
Spectacle Sides
Spectacles, Vision Aids in General
Zeiss Perivist spectacles W Banninga 137/14 Oct..2016
Spectacles by Oliver Goldsmith R Midwinter 138/1,10,16 Jan..2017
Repair of old silver spectacle F Norville 138/5
Pendant holding folding eyeglasses
Silver, tortoiseshell pendants R J S MacGregor
J Parrott, U Timm,R J S
MacGregor
138/6
139/1,5
Jan..2017A
pr..2017
History of British NHS spectacles J Gooding 140/8 Jul..2017
Information on manufacture and
importation of spectacles A McConnell 140/8
Saved from the Sea – The Wreck of the
Clarendon N Handley 142/9 Jan..2018
Railway spectacles D Baker, N Handley 143/1,16 Apr..2018
Gas Mask spectacles
'Matters Arising' J Dixon Salt
K Adamson
143/5
144/7
Jul..2018
Greaves Patent spectacles R J S MacGregor 144/4
Churchill's spectacles R J S MacGregor 144/5
A pair of broken spectacles D Baker 144/5
Anti-Glare driving glasses J Dixon Salt, H H Burrows 144/1,12
More anti-glare driving glasses (1)
More anti-glare driving glasses (2) J Dixon Salt
P Hoet
145/1,5-6
145/1,7-8
Oct..2018
Two pairs of Patent spectacles R J S MacGregor 145/4
Known for their spectacles – Boss Godfrey N Handley 146/13-14 Jan..2019
Another mystery object – spectacles 146/15
Spectacle joints and bridge of x-bridge
spectacles with turnpin sides R J S MacGregor 147/4-5 Apr..2019
Portraits of antique-spectacle wearers N Handley, RJS MacGregor 147/5
Aphakic spectacles C E Letocha 148/1.4-5 Jul..2019
Army spectacle depot N Handley 149/3 Oct..2019
Patent Solid spectacles R J S MacGregor
Anonymous
149/6
Mystery spectacles from Sussex 149/16
'Ben Franklin' wearing Martin's Margins N Handley 150/1,9 Jan..2020
D-spectacles N Handley 150/10
A further reduction: Patent for Lamphier's
'reducing glasses' The American Encyclopedia
of Ophthalmology
151/6 Apr..2020
Watchmaker's eyeglasses R J S MacGregor 151/9-10
Spina Frontalis Monocle
Spy Glasses/Monoculars
Opera glasses and spy glasses J-M Devriendt 141/12 Oct..2017
Stanhopes
Stereoscopic Viewers
Telescopes
Miniature telescopes P Meininger, J-M Devriendt 141/11 Oct..2017
Book: 'The Long Route to the Invention of
the Telescope', by Rolf Willach R J S MacGregor 146/4 Jan..2019
A tale of two telescopes J-M Devriendt 147/16 Apr..2019
'Scope' for investigation J-M Devriendt 149/1,8-9 Oct..2019
Theft and Lost Items
Trial Cases
Trial lens sets wanted [email protected] 150/3 Jan..2020
Tokens
Vision
Donders model RCO, P Optiek
R Keeler
138/1,7
139/6
Jan..2017A
pr..2017
Book: 'Window of the Soul: A brief
exploration of the human eye' D Baker 146/2 Jan..2019
Votives
Wanted: Information
A 'Cross' eyed query A new member 143/10 Apr..2018
Another mystery object C E Letocha 143/16
E & S Patent Solid R J S MacGregor 149/6 Oct..2019
'Scope' for investigation J-M Devriendt 149/8-9
A 'Ross' eyebath query William Shipley Group for
RSA History
149/13
Wanted: Items
Old/unusual eyeglass/spectacle cases [email protected] 145/2 Oct..2018
Johnston optometer 150/1,3 Jan..2020
Sasieni frame-fitting set + instructions 150/1,3
Trial lens sets wanted [email protected] 150/3
Websites
http://www.antiquesnavigator.com/member
s/new.asp J Vasani 137/14 Oct..2016
History of British NHS spectacles.
http://journal.sciencemuseum.org.uk/brows
e/issue-07/rather-unspectacular/
J. Gooding 140/8 Jul..2017
A Survey of the Networks Bringing a
Knowledge of the History of Optical Glass-
working to the London Trade, 1500-1800.
http://www.sites.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple/ex
plore/astronomy/glassmonograph
A McConnell 140/8
norville.co.uk/acatalog/Heritage.html for
'intriguing historical images' F Norville 142/2 Jan..2018
https://www.thecontactlensmuseum.org/ The Contact Lens Museum
Forest Grove, Oregon,USA
149/10 Oct..2019
Worldwide
News from the Netherlands W Banninga 143/15 Apr..2019
My pop-up museum Jan Van Ommeslaeghe 148/1,7 Jul..2019
Michael Aitken, Australia P Watkins 148/14
The Kett Museum, Melbourne, Australia 151/13 Apr..2020
The Contact Lens Museum, Oregon, USA 151/14
Miscellaneous
Dull Men's Club V Burness 137/10 Oct..2016
Gloucester Jottings F Norville 138/5 Jan..2017
Plaques, statues and other memorials in
London www.londonremembers.
com
139/13 Apr..2017
We called to see you - Victorian cartes de
visite N Handley 141/1, 6-11 Oct..2017
Stone carvings J Dixon Salt 141/15,16
London has fallen! P Watkins, N Handley 143/8 Apr..2018
Take note! (new £10 note) 143//15
The Wax Woman of Bologna D Baker 144/1,8-9 Jul..2018
Where did 20 years go? (Neil Handley) R J S MacGregor 144/7
An eye on cricket D Baker 145/15 Oct..2018
The College of Opsiologists? D Baker,Optician 11.1.2013 147/12 Apr..2019
A flowchart of optical organisations to
1936 J Dixon Salt 147/14
Oudenaarde coat of arms J Van Ommeslaeghe 148/1,7
Claude Lorrain glass and filters P & C Aangenendt 148/1,16 Jul..2019
Clarocit – The universal cleaner with a
chequered history J Dixon Salt 149/4-5 Oct..2019
An advertisement for cricket...and an
appeal D Baker 150/13-14 Jan..2020
Books/Magazines/Articles Mentioned or
Reviewed
New book: Carl Zeiss 1816-1888
A Biography Wimmer and Paetrow 137/4 Oct..2016
Better Vision Carl Zeiss Eyeglass Lenses
1912-2012 S Paetrow 137/4
Spectacles and Other Vision Aids J William Rosenthal 139/5 Apr..2017
Contact Lenses, The Story T Bowden 139/5
140/8
142/2
Jul..2017
Jan..2018
A New Book on Eyeglasses & Optical
Devices: 'L'Art de Voir' P Azoulay 139/9
'Window of the Soul: A brief exploration of
the human eye' D Baker 146/2 Jan..2019
The Long Route to the Invention of the
Telescope Rolf Willach 146/4
The Spectacle-Makers – the first 300 years
in Minutes C Eldridge 151/15 Apr..2020
Quotations
Illustrations
Scripture colour sense tester J Dixon Salt 136/1,7 Jul..2016
Planned new Deutsches Optisches Museum U Timm 136/1,2
2016 OHS meeting C E Letocha 136/1,12
Delft tiles with peddlers W Banninga 136/4,16
Ivory spectacle case R J S MacGregor 136/5
Mystery object V Burness 136/6
Items from the 2016 OAICC Auction P Optiek 136/8-9
Nose-spectacles N Handley 136/10,16
Modern armorial bearings of the WCSM N Handley 136/11
Gold Scissor Spectacles and Brisé Fan K Adamson 137/1,14 Oct..2016
New book: Carl Zeiss 1816-1888
A Biography Wimmer and Paetrow 137/4
Lens Measures J Dixon Salt 137/5
Something Different: goggles R J S MacGregor 137/6
In Memoriam: Douglas S Thomson F Barraclough 137/8
Jhronimus Bosch (c.1450-1516) W Banninga 137/9,16
Dull Men's Club V Burness 137/10
Pierre A Marly (1915-2005) 137/11
'Invisible' thin wire rimmed spectacles K Adamson 137/14
Zeiss Perivist spectacles W Banninga 137/14
Donders model RCO, P Optiek
R Keeler
138/1,7
139/6
Jan..2017
Apr..2017
Oliver Goldsmith's 'Zephyr', 'Norum',
'Murphy', 'Hampstead', 'Lila' and 'Manly'
spectacles
R Midwinter 138/1,10,16
Silver spectacles F Norville 138/5
Photo of Jeremy Clarkson in sunspecs 138/5
Gold pendant with folding eyeglasses R J S MacGregor 138/6
Richard Keeler, Donders model,
unidentified instrument (binocular
retinoscope), Roy Midwinter and John
Dixon Salt, miniature magnifier
P Optiek 138/7-9
139/13,14
Apr..2017
Peter Watkins 138/13 Jan..2017
Modern pince-nez advert 'Nooz Concept' 138/15
Two pendants with folding eyeglasses R J S MacGregor, J Parrott
U Timm
139/1,5 Apr..2017
'Maisette' eye shade R JS MacGregor 139/4
Theodor Ruete R Keeler 139/6
The Algha Spectacle Works 139/7
New book: 'L'Art de Voir' P Azoulay 139/9
R J S MacGregor and his car, reg. 001 139/10
Awards to M Shupnick, D Fleishman and
Kris Koenig 139/12
Binocular retinoscope and base for hand
perimeter 139/14
Spectacle frames by Oliver Goldsmith U Timm 139/16
OAICC 25th anniversary photo 140/1 Jul..2017
Opera glass P Watkins 140/1,12
Book: How we see the World 140/1
Rulers, ophthalmoscope, Gullstrand medal P Optiek 140/5
Oil paintings showing spectacles in wear R J S MacGregor 140/7
Book: Contact Lenses, the Story T Bowden 140/8
Richard Keeler 140/9
HMS Victory in Portsmouth Dockyard,
Imperial War Museum P Optiek 140/11
OHS meeting 2017: Three phots: the
Curators, Bill McAllister, Dr Jay Galst C Letocha 140/13
Pictures relating to the 2017 meeting of the
Ocular Heritage Society 140/16
Victorian cabinet cards, cartes de visite N Handley, A.McBrayer 141/1, 6-11 Oct..2017
Guild chain and collar of the Guild of St.
George in Zevenbergen 141/1,5
'Physionotrace' and silhouette portraits P Aangenendt 141/1,4
Tim Bowden 141/2-3
Suction holders N Handley 141/3
Oldest most complete rivet spectacle P & C Aangenendt 141/5
Miniature telescopes P Meininger, J-M Devriendt 141/11
Opera glasses and spy glasses J M Devriendt 141/12
Joint-Angle measurer R J S MacGregor, J Dixon
Salt
141/13-14
Stone carvings J Dixon Salt 141/14-15
Alan Leach 141/15
Cartoon by Gochs Walgreens Boots Alliance 141/16
David at award ceremony with Jaqueline D Fleishman 141/16
Two oil paintings showing spectacles in
wear J Parrott 141/16
Annenaltar: Altar panel now in the
Historisches Museum Frankfurt am Main P Aangenendt 142/1,13 Jan..2018
Leather nose spectacles, Wuppertal P Optiek, W Weismuller 142/1,12
Group photograph, Wuppertal, 2017 142/1,10-12
N Handley and D Baker 142/2
A lantern for testing colour perception T Harrison Butler, J Dixon
Salt
142/4
Decorated Japanese plate or plaque R J S MacGregor 142/5
P Optiek, Ronald and Carol MacGregor, V
Mellor P Optiek 142/6
Mauchline ware box P Optiek 142/6
K-L Steymans, W & I Weismuller, W
Banninga, Netherlands 2002 P Optiek 142/6
John Quinton Pringle and Pringle Optician Optician magazine 142/7-8
Spectacles from the wreck of the
Clarendon N Handley 142/10
Photos from visit to Wuppertal T Chahine 142/11
Dr Jean Hansell 142/15
Mystery object P Aangenendt 142/16
Ship's wooden-framed reading lens R J S MacGregor 143/1,3 Apr..2018
Pinchbeck scissors spectacles P Aangenendt 143/1,13
Secret agents outside the College P Watkins 143/1,8
Railway spectacles D Baker 143/1,16
WCSM luncheon H Perkins, Clerk to the
WCSM
143/1,13
Gas mask spectacles J Dixon Salt 143/5
Folding astigmatic pince-nez R J S MacGregor 143/7
Actors from the film ''London Has Fallen'
outside the College P Watkins 143/8
Model eyes M O Hughes 143/9
A 'Cross'-eyed query A new member 143/10
'Frosted' optical lenses U Timm 143/11
New 10 note 143/15
Mystery object C E Letocha 143/16
The 'Wax Woman of Bologna' D Baker 144/1,8 Jul..2018
Anti-glare spectacles J Dixon Salt 144/1,12, 13
OAICC visit to Algha works P Optiek, L Bloem 144/1,6, 7,10
Greaves Patent spectacles R J S MacGregor 144/4
Churchill's spectacles R J S MacGregor 144//5
Joop van Daele wearing spectacles D Baker 144/5
Neil Handley R J S MacGregor 144/7
Morandi's wax models of the eye D Baker 144/9
1984 Club AGM U Timm 144/16
More ingenious anti-glare driving solutions J Dixon Salt
P Hoet
145/1,5-6
145/1,7-8
Oct..2018
Opticians of yesteryear: European picture
postcards I & W Weismuller 145/1,13
Kath Holland F Barraclough 145/1,11-12
Something Different: Two pairs of Patent
spectacles R J S MacGregor 145/4
Open House at the College of Optometrists N Handley 145/8
Purdom & Stokes, advert and 3-bar
astigmatic pince-nez R J S MacGregor 145/9
Tim Bowden's plaque, Elisabeth Lowe with
John Dixon Salt N Handley 145/10
Optics by the seaside: Weston-super-Mare P Watkins 145/16
Cubitts exhibition, London J Dixon Salt 146/1,10-11 Jan..2019
Ocular Heritage Society exhibition Arizona N Handley 146/1,7-9
Monocle U Timm 146/1,5
2018 Club trip to Brussels J-M Devriendt 146/1,6
Mystery object (spectacles) 146/1,15
Spectacle-Makers at the Lord Mayor's
Show 146/1,16
New Book - 'Window of the Soul: A Brief
Exploration of the Human Eye' D Baker 146/2
Book: 'The Long Route to the Invention of
the Telescope' by Rolf Willach R J S MacGregor 146/4
The Monocle of Dorothea Therbusch and
similar U Timm 146/5
The College of Optical Sciences, Tucson,
AZ N Handley 146/7
Advert for Crookes Ultimate lenses and
samples of Crookes Lenses J Dixon Salt 146/12-13
Artist's impression based on a still from the
1967 film Cool Hand Luke and of (2) Boss
Godfrey eyeing up a shot
N Handley 146/13,14
View of mystery spectacles from above 146/15
Portrait of an elderly woman in folk dress 147/1,5 Apr..2019
X-bridge spectacles with turnpin sides R J S MacGregor, N
Handley
147/1,4
A Nuremberg Microscope P Aangenendt 147/1,7
Fellowship medal of the Institute of
Ophthalmic Opticians D Baker, J Dixon Salt 147/1,11
Delft tile C M Mitchell 147/1,9
Another 'Therbusch' monocle W Weismuller 147/1,6
Portrait of a gentleman J Buzo y Caceres (1824-
1883)
147/5
Watching a paper wind toy N Juweel (1639-1704) 147/5
Escargot spoons C M Mitchell 147/8
Belgian lace with bobbins C M Mitchell 147/8
Spode tea set C M Mitchell 147/8
Damascene jewellery from Spain C M Mitchell 147//9
Frederick Bateman & Co. Ltd K Adamson 147/10
Advertisement in 1932 Chemist &
Druggist J Dixon Salt 147/11
Selection of spectacles and 'Restoring
Ophthalmic Antiques' J Dixon Salt 147/13
Flowchart of optical organisations to 1936 J Dixon Salt 147/14
A tale of two telescopes J-M Devriendt 147/16
Coat of arms of Oudenaarde, Belgium Jan Van Ommeslaeghe 148/1,7 July.. 2019
Laser interferometer images of 'Chamblant'
lenses, Chamblant patent C E Letocha 148/1,8-11
Aphakic spectacles C E Letocha 148/1,4-5
An artist's view (using a Black Mirror) P & C Aangenendt, J Dixon
Salt, A Vanlathem
148/1,16
N Handley addresses the OHS, 2019 C E Letocha 148,6
John Marshall advert – cylindrical lenses C E Letocha 148/8
Whitwell's illustrations of polyprism
deformations Stedman Whitwell 148/12
Distortion due to spherical lens and
Chamblant lens C E Letocha 148/13
Eye Openers N Handley 148/14
Joan Dunk N Handley 148/15
Claude Lorrain glass and filters P & C Aangenendt, J Dixon
Salt, A Vanlathem
148/16
'Scope' for investigation J-M Devriendt 149/1,8 Oct..2019
J D Ross's design for an eyebath 149/1,13
2019 trip to Scotland C & P Aangenendt 149/1,14-15
Patent Solid spectacles R J S MacGregor 149/1,6
Double lensed design hand magnifier F Norville 149/1,7
Clarocit – The universal cleaner with a
chequered history J Dixon Salt 149/4-5
Silver lapel badge - 1st annual conference U Timm 149/10
of German Ophthalmological Society 1922
Rx order forms then and now F Norville 149/12-13
Mystery spectacles from Sussex 149/16
Richardson's sterling silver patent
spectacles R J S MacGregor 150/1,4 Jan..2020
Artist's reducing glass A Club member 150/1,11-12
'Benjamin Franklin' wearing Martin's
margins. A professional museum on film,
part 1 – the 30s
N Handley 150/1,8-10
Frame props J Dixon Salt 150/1,5-7
New WCSM Master, Huntly J R Taylor 150/1,15
Barr & Stroud binoculars for watching
cricket. Cricketers wearing spectacles D Baker 150/1,13-14
Johnston optometer 150/1,3
Sasieni frame fitting set 150/1,3
18th century banjo-style flip-top case R J S MacGregor 150/3
Looking back after 150 issues of
Ophthalmic Antiques 150/16
The Kett Museum, Melbourne, Australia Kett Museum of Optometry 151/1, 13 Apr..2020
The Contact Lens Museum, Oregon, USA Patrick Caroline, Oregon 151/1,14
Landolt ophthalmoscope R J S MacGregor 151/1,4
Test-types for determining acuity of vision:
Snellen's patterns A, B, C
Wolffberg's square/dot patterns
Weiss – combined dot pattern charts
Hand-held paddles
J Dixon Salt 151/1,7-8
Alan King A King, N Handley 151/1,11-12
A lover's eye V Mellor, N Handley 151/1,16
Detail from Kept In by Erskine Nicol
(1866) Curator, New Walk Museum
& Art Gallery, Leicester
151/5
Wiseman advert for Algha Sports frame Optician 1960 151/5
Patent for Lamphier's 'reducing glasses' American Encyclopedia of
Ophthalmology
151/6
Watchmaker's eyeglasses R J S MacGregor 151/9-10
Book: The Spectacle-Makers – the first 300
years in Minutes C Eldridge 151/15