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Boxform transitional camera, c.1863
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MURRAY & HEATH
Boxform transitional camera, c.1863
quarter-plate, mahogany-body with inset plate 'Murray & Heath. 69 Jermyn St, London', side and base-mounted tripod screws, ground-glass focusing screen, mahogany double darkslide stamped '3' and '4' contained within the camera body, rising front lens panel with a 'Ross, London' brass bound pill-box lens no. 11652 with rack and pinion focusing and mahogany double darkslide stamped '1' and '2', in maker's fitted leather case stamped 'Murray & Heath. 43 Piccadilly, London'; a brass bound lens with rack and pinion focusing on a wood panel, with Waterhouse stops; a lacquered-brass focus finder
Boxform transitional camera, c.1863
quarter-plate, mahogany-body with inset plate 'Murray & Heath. 69 Jermyn St, London', side and base-mounted tripod screws, ground-glass focusing screen, mahogany double darkslide stamped '3' and '4' contained within the camera body, rising front lens panel with a 'Ross, London' brass bound pill-box lens no. 11652 with rack and pinion focusing and mahogany double darkslide stamped '1' and '2', in maker's fitted leather case stamped 'Murray & Heath. 43 Piccadilly, London'; a brass bound lens with rack and pinion focusing on a wood panel, with Waterhouse stops; a lacquered-brass focus finder
Provenance
As lot 13.
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