A beige coloured cardboard box and lid with metal reinforcements on each corner of the box and lid. Printed on the lid in black - ESTABLISHED 1906 P.O. BOX 119 PHONE 802 H. & C. STILES Specialist Opticians WILLIAMSON STREET ... BENDIGO Blue ink scribble on the backh&c stiles, spectacle box, opticians

To be fashionable, and possibly improve vision at the same time, the pince nez style of glasses became popular. The 'Fits-u' design has a mounting that allowed the bridge to stay solid, whilst the springs in the nose pads allowed for removal (unlike pince nez which had a springs in the bridge). Although complete, this box includes models with different distance dimensions and the height of the bridge, with these figures are etched onto the lenses. An order table is included in the box with the pupillary distance and height so the catalogue number and quality and quantity of each size can be ordered by the dispenser. The pupillary distance is used to design spectacle frames.Canvas box which includes display models of different dimensions of pince nez Handwritten on the back: James Korp Backhouse (?) 1904 Ophthalmic Optician & Optometristassistive devices, american optical company