Lot Essay
This was the first reflex model that Thornton-Pickard produced, according to patents, involving a curved mirror path and Thornton-Pickard's own focal-plane shutter. The camera was probably made around 1908.
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Royal Ruby Reflex camera
Thornton-Pickard Mfg., Co., England; quarter-plate, leather-covered wood-body, polished-wood interior, with plaque for SANDS, HUNTER & CO., 37 BEDFORD ST., STRAND, LONDON W.C.2 and a Beck Isostigmar f/5.8 150mm. lens no. 113366
Thornton-Pickard Mfg., Co., England; quarter-plate, leather-covered wood-body, polished-wood interior, with plaque for SANDS, HUNTER & CO., 37 BEDFORD ST., STRAND, LONDON W.C.2 and a Beck Isostigmar f/5.8 150mm. lens no. 113366