Steel frame, Stopford's pattern, curl sides, broad bridge with gold lining.

Distance between centres, 6.2 centimetres; extreme length of side-bars, 13.3 centimetres.
"'Right eye plain glass.
"'Left eye -5.75 D.spherical -- ----------------- -3.25 D.cylindrical axis 35 deg..' "The spectacles, you see, were of a very distinctive character and seemed to offer a good chance of identification.

Stopford's frames are, I believe, made by only one firm of opticians in London, Parry & Cuxton of Regent Street.

I therefore wrote to Mr.Cuxton, who knows me, asking him if he had supplied spectacles to the late Jeffrey Blackmore, Esq .-- here is a copy of my letter--and if so, whether he would mind letting me have a full description of them, together with the name of the oculist who prescribed them.
"He replied in this letter, which is pinned to the copy of mine, that, about four years ago, he supplied a pair of glasses to Mr.Jeffrey Blackmore, and described them thus: 'The spectacles were for constant use and had steel frames of Stopford's pattern with curl sides, the length of the side-bars including the curled ends being 13.3 cm.

The bridge was broad with a gold lining-plate, shaped as shown by the enclosed tracing from the diagram on the prescription.