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'Coronet' Field Folding Plate Camera with a Beck Symmetrical Lens, c.1890

Inventory Number 95841


Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by G.M.M Slater Esq. Formerly belonging to Henry Minn (1870-1961)
Primary inscriptions
'The "Coronet" Camera' (metal plaque on wooden frame, proper lower front). 'Beck Symmetrical Lens' (inscribed on front of lens).
Dimensions
Height: 197mm Width: 170mm Depth: 190mm
Inventory No
95841
Accession Number
1970-11/1

Description

Folding plate camera with copper alloy lens on a wooden mount. Folding bed plate with tapered black bellows and glass plate hinged door on reverse. Leather handle.