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Silver Nose Spectacles

Syphilis can cause massive destruction to the nose, giving rise to the formation of "No Nose Clubs" in the 18th Century. This painted silver nose mounted on a spectacle frame was worn by a women who had suffered this fate. Apparently, she later sold the nose to her doctor for 3 pounds citing that she had remarried and that her husband preferred her without it.
Superhuman at Wellcome Collection