Lot Essay
A similar camera was sold in Cameras and Optical Toys, 8 July 1993, lot 487.
Details
T. Ottewill & Co., London
A 10 x 12 inch mahogany-body collapsable camera, the back section with rack and pinion track focusing, removable focusing screen and internal support, the front section with inset plate T. Ottewill & Co., Manufacturers, Islington, London and a brass bound Horne & Thornthwaite, 121, 122 & 123 Newgate Street, London no. 2217 with rack and pinion focusing, one single darkslides and one double darkslide
A 10 x 12 inch mahogany-body collapsable camera, the back section with rack and pinion track focusing, removable focusing screen and internal support, the front section with inset plate T. Ottewill & Co., Manufacturers, Islington, London and a brass bound Horne & Thornthwaite, 121, 122 & 123 Newgate Street, London no. 2217 with rack and pinion focusing, one single darkslides and one double darkslide
Further details
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