Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Spectacle Makers' Company received their first charter in 1629. In the 18th century, they extended their field of activity and became involved with innovations such as telescopes and microscopes. The Company had a Hall which was destroyed in the Great Fire and currently occupy buildings on the site of Apothecaries' Hall.