product code : k7343 : £ 50

• 1930's translucent shaded lilac plastic frame
  marked THURGAR BOLLÉ MADE IN ENGLAND


• Original grey glass lenses

condition

• lenses : fair - 5


• frame : very good


• fit : good - pin hinges

size

• face : 130mm


• lens width : 49mm


• lens height : 41mm


• arms : 135mm

other info

• We believe that this pair is one of the first
  
  made by Bollé, either in the late 1930's or
  
  early 1940's. Although the company started
  
  in France in 1888, they made combs and hair
  
  ornaments, later from celluloid. In 1932 they
  
  set up in London (under the name Thurgar
  
  Bollé) and 4 years later they started making
  
  sunglasses for the first time... "Wherever
  
  the sun shines, you will see Thurgar Bollé",
  
  became their first advertising campaign. The
  
  beautiful shade of lilac plastic contrasts well
  
  with darker grey lenses.