Lot Essay
N & G's catalogue described this model as fitted with a Carl Zeiss Tessar f/4.5 Series Ic 4½ inch lens with iris diaphragm. In all other respects it was the same as the Special Sibyl No. 2 model.
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Special Sibyl model No. 7 no. S318s
Newman and Guardia, London; 2¼ x 3¼ inch, black-leather covered metal body, lazy-struts, black leather bellows, the focusing track engraved T. H. Mason. Optician. 5 & 6 Dame St, Dublin, with a Carl Zeiss, Jena Tessar f/4.5 12cm. lens no. 165125, a Dallmeyer Dallon Tele-Anastigmat 1B Series XVIII 9 inch lens no. 108497, in maker's leather case
Newman and Guardia, London; 2¼ x 3¼ inch, black-leather covered metal body, lazy-struts, black leather bellows, the focusing track engraved T. H. Mason. Optician. 5 & 6 Dame St, Dublin, with a Carl Zeiss, Jena Tessar f/4.5 12cm. lens no. 165125, a Dallmeyer Dallon Tele-Anastigmat 1B Series XVIII 9 inch lens no. 108497, in maker's leather case