Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers
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The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, UK.
The company was founded by a Royal Charter of Charles I in 1629 AD; it was granted the status of a Livery Company in 1809. The company was empowered to set regulations and standards for optical devices; this was eroded by the Industrial Revolution, after which mechanical advancements made trade restrictions difficult to enforce.