BINOCULARS

Description: EMBOSSED ON RIGHT EYE-PIECE "J.H. STEWARD" "OPTICIAN". EMBOSSED ON LEFT EYE-PIECE "406 STRAND LONDON". ENGRAVED ON LENS HOUSINGS "CLEMENT PERRY" BINOCULARS ARE CENTRE ADJUSTING, LEATHER BOUND AND HAVE EXTENDING LENS SHADER CASE HAS A COMPASS BUILT INTO THE LID AND "C.P." STAMPED ON THE LID. CONSERVATION REPORT ON FILE.

History: POSSIBLY OWNED ORIGINALLY BY WM. LETHBRIDGE. GIVEN TO CLEMENT WM. PERRY IN 1901, WHEN LETHBRIDGE DIED. C.W. PERRY CAME TO CANADA, AND SETTLED AT BALZACIN 1901. DIED RECENTLY IN 1971 AND BINOCULARS PASSED TO HIS SON, C. REDVERS PERRY. ALSO REFER TO ATTACHED MATERIAL. MR. REDVERS PERRY & FAMILY IS UNSURE WHETHER THE BINOCULARS WERE ACTUALLY PART OF WM. LETHBRIDGE'S ESTATE, OR WHETHER THEY WERE OWNED BY HIS NEPHEW, WM. LETHBRIDGE II. IN ANY EVENT THE GLASSES WERE GIVEN TO MR. PERRY, PROBABLY BY WM. LETHBRIDGE II, FOR HIS TRIP TO CANADA. MR. PERRY ARRIVED IN CANADA IN 1901, THE SAME YEAR SIR WILLIAM LETHBRIDGE DIED.