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Lot Essay
Percy Kidner was the founder of the Vauxhall Motor Car company. The camera was used to record some of the company's cars winning performances.
Details
Ensign cinematograph camera
Houghton-Butcher Mfg. Co. Ltd., London; 35mm., polished wood-body, with retailer's label WESTMINSTER PHOTOGRAPHIC..., brass fittings, the film gate marked PAT. APP. 24859/12 with hand-crank, a Carl Zeiss, Jena Tessar f/3.5 5cm. lens no. 228400 and a Watkins Exposure Meter for Kinematograph, in maker's leather case
Houghton-Butcher Mfg. Co. Ltd., London; 35mm., polished wood-body, with retailer's label WESTMINSTER PHOTOGRAPHIC..., brass fittings, the film gate marked PAT. APP. 24859/12 with hand-crank, a Carl Zeiss, Jena Tessar f/3.5 5cm. lens no. 228400 and a Watkins Exposure Meter for Kinematograph, in maker's leather case
Provenance
Percy C Kidner, given to the vendor in the 1960s.
Special notice
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