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Daguerreotype/Wet Plate Sliding Box Camera (Body Only)

Inventory Number 60453


Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Alfred Robinson
Physical material
Wood
Copper Alloy
Glass
Dimensions
Height: 190mm Width: 156mm Depth: 275mm Weight: 1350g
Inventory No
60453
Accession Number
1928-70

Description

Wooden box on long wooden base with a glass plate in wooden frame slid in on one side.  The glass plate has a '+' in the middle and is held in place by a copper alloy swing pin.  There is another wooden frame that accompanies the object and has a small door with two hinges and two swing pins.