[MR] Re: [authenticity] Dates for spectacles

[rmhowe]

The spectacles sold by Jason Townsend are modeled on the pair
from about the middle of the 15th C. found in Trig Lane, London
in the 1974-5 excavations, the deposits ended about 1440. I bought
the original magazine this winter in a batch from England.

London Archaeologist Magazine: ISSN 00245984
	Published Quarterly by the London Archaeologist Association, 
	7 Coalcroft Road, S.W. 15, London. (At least then.)
Winter 1980, Vol. 4, No. 1
**A Pair of Late Medieval Spectacles from the Trig Lane Site 
	by Michael Rhodes pp. 23-5 including three illustrations:
        the original pair, a detailed measured view, and a suggested
	wearing position on a face. Discusses the manufacture methods.