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Sliding box camera

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Sliding box camera
Scottish, [?]; 10 x 10in. wet-collodion process, mahogany body, with section for holding both viewing screen and dark-slide, hand turned brass worm screw focusing adjustment, a brass bound lens engraved 623 GRUBB PATENT and matching number etched to inside of lens barrel

Literature

Channing & Dunn (1996), British Camera Makers: An A-Z Guide to Companies and Products, p. 120.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Condition: 4
Cosmetic: Normal use and wear.

This camera is similar in construction to a camera attributed to John Spencer of Glasgow, sold in Cameras & Optical Toys, 12 May 2000, lot 368.

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