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Thomas Gaunt - optician?
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<blockquote data-quote="slambert" data-source="post: 385175" data-attributes="member: 11911"><p>Hi everyone. I recently found an item in a vintage store that has a label affixed to it, which reads<img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/11911/1517284053_thomas_gaunt_label_1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> "Thos (Thomas) Gaunt, Optician, Royal Arcade, Melbourne". From the reading I have done, Thomas Gaunt was a jeweller and watchmaker, and had a shop in the Royal Arcade until his death in 1890. I have found several posts by people who have found pocket watches etc made by Thomas Gaunt (or Thomas Gaunt and Co as it was known after 1890), however, I cannot find anything referring to him as an optician, or that his company manufactured optical-type instruments. Would anyone have any information that could help me identify where this item might have come from? Thanks in advance!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slambert, post: 385175, member: 11911"] Hi everyone. I recently found an item in a vintage store that has a label affixed to it, which reads[img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/11911/1517284053_thomas_gaunt_label_1.jpg[/img] "Thos (Thomas) Gaunt, Optician, Royal Arcade, Melbourne". From the reading I have done, Thomas Gaunt was a jeweller and watchmaker, and had a shop in the Royal Arcade until his death in 1890. I have found several posts by people who have found pocket watches etc made by Thomas Gaunt (or Thomas Gaunt and Co as it was known after 1890), however, I cannot find anything referring to him as an optician, or that his company manufactured optical-type instruments. Would anyone have any information that could help me identify where this item might have come from? Thanks in advance! [/QUOTE]
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