About MD1888

Owen Morgan-Davies, a famous entrepreneur in Wales at the time, moved to Liverpool with his young family in 1888. His personal frames survived and were handed down to his great-great-grandson Tom Davies, who used the frame as inspiration for the MD1888 collection.

When Tom Davies was given his great-great-grandfather’s glasses, he marvelled at the craftsmanship of the hinge on the frame. For something so old, it was extraordinarily delicate and refined. Tom went about trying to modernise the design and innovate the idea for a modern collection.

The result was a hinge which changed the way glasses are made. Until now, hinges have been connected to the front by pins or by heat-sinking a claw into the front.