The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Spectacles

c. 1816–1820
fabricated by

John Peirce

(American)
America, Massachusetts, Boston, 19th century
silver
Overall: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.)
Gift of Hollis French 1940.246
Location: Not on view
  • Johnston, Phillip M. Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994. mentioned & reproduced P 119 library.clevelandart.org
  • Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).
  • {{cite web|title=Spectacles|url=false|author=John Peirce|year=c. 1816–1820|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.246