Details
Trellis camera no. T171
Newman and Guardia, London; quarter-plate, black-leather covered body, nickelled-metal fittings, lazy-tong supports, black-leather bellows and a Carl Zeiss, Jena Protar240mm. lens in a Sibyl Excelsior shutter, three double darkslides, in maker's fitted leather case
Literature
British Journal Photographic Almanac 1911, pp. 640-642.
British Journal Photographic Almanac 1930, pp. 339-340.

Lot Essay

The N & G Trellis camera was introduced for the 1911 season. It was a typical hand and stand camera with a full range of movements suitable for 'architectural, telephoto, and other forms of stand work, in addition to the full run of hand-camera photography'. The camera made use of the lazy-tongue support associated with the Sibyl range of cameras. The camera was supplied with a focal plane shutter or without if it was fitted with a front shutter.

The standard size was quarter-plate with other sizes being available to order and sold for £12 10s without lens and shutter.

The Trellis was re-launched in 1930 after a likely absence of some years (it probably did not appear after 1914) and followed a similar pattern to the pre-war model and selling for £20 without lens or shutter.

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