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'Ticka' Waistcoat Detective/Concealed Camera, by Houghtons Ltd, London, c. 1906

Inventory Number 67903


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.67903

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Mr J. P. F. Lloyd.
Primary inscriptions
Signed: "Ticka"
Physical material
metal
Paper
Glass
Wood
Dimensions
Diameter: 70mm Height: 23mm Weight: 93g
Inventory No
67903
Accession Number
1963-33

Description

A small 'Ticka' watch designed to be concealed in a waistcoat. Called a 'detective' camera it was part of a trend in the late 19th century.