A 5 x 7 inch wood-body sliding-box reflex camera obscura (lacks mirror and screen) with hinged top, a 2½ inch diameter single meniscus lens and wood lens cover.

Details
A 5 x 7 inch wood-body sliding-box reflex camera obscura (lacks mirror and screen) with hinged top, a 2½ inch diameter single meniscus lens and wood lens cover.
Provenance
The estate of the late Cyril Permutt.
Literature
Permutt (1976), Collecting Old Cameras, p. 146.
Further details
See illustration

Lot Essay

Permutt describes this as an 'early 19th-century camera'. It would be more accurate to describe the object as a camera obscura as there is no provision for a plate-holder.

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