Welcome to the How To page!

How to join the Club [click here]

How to start collecting ophthalmic antiques [click here]

How to document a collection: Written back in 2004, so is possibly an antique itself, but still as accurate today as it was then: [click here] pdf opens in new window

How to decode the marks on gold and gold-filled frames [click here] pdf opens in new window

British NHS frames were stamped with a manufacturer’s mark – for a list of manufacturers up to 1955 along with a description of the designation codes for each NHS approved style of frame click here (Taken from the 1955 Optical Year Book)

English Silver Makers and their Marks: click here for pdf to be used with the gallery images below.