Swift Bedspecs Prismatic Reclining Reading Glasses nesting boxes Truly a lovely thing

Truly a lovely thing

but the sides are still pretty shiny and its got many years of use in it yet

but happily the person I bought it from found it

Smiley painted and drew throughout her life

Board measures 19" x 15 1/8

Swift Bedspecs Prismatic Reclining Reading Glasses nesting boxes Truly a lovely thingThese are really cool, and super fun to use! Manufactured by Swift Instuments, Boston c. 1950s 60s, these glasses, with prisms for the lenses, were made for reading or watching television while lying down so as not to have to either crane one's neck to see, to to hold your book up in front of you. What they also allow you to do, when standing up, is to see what is going on behind you! In their original case and box, with printed booklet which makes