Website Goals

Cameo in the form of a brooch representing Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), in high relief with a silver rim, Aangenendt Collection

Daguerreotype of a blind man with spectacles, The Jack Naylor Collection, from Royka's Auctioneers and Appraisers, Boston

Terra-cotta medallion by Jean-Baptiste Nini, 1777. Franklin's bespectacled bust in printer's fur cap. Lopez Collection, extremely rare.

Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint Memin, Peter Fayolla, engraving, 1809, Folio 47L, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Gift of William Wilson Corcoran

Jacob Jordaens (1593-1687), Head of an Elderly Man (generally thought to be the artist’s teacher and also his father-in-law, Adam Van Noort), Antwerp, Old Master Drawing, red, black, and white chalk. Sotheby’s Sale July 2006

• To educate interested visitors and professionals and stimulate further research

• To increase public awareness and thereby nurture a deeper appreciation in general

• To complement the other websites which have information on the topic of the optical lens

• To create a forum where scholarly people can have a dynamic exchange of information and ideas

• To share images of the finest and most interesting historical items in both private and public collections from around the world

• To accumulate in one place the wealth of knowledge regarding Antique Vision Aids

• To highlight the impact they have had on society over the last 720 years

• To become the repository of data related to many of the most significant pieces in existence in the world

• To introduce the OAICC and the OHS, two important collectors clubs).

• To become the general meeting place for collectors and others interested in this subject

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