Lancaster's Patent Watch Camera

Made:: 1892 in Birmingham

maker:: J Lancaster and Son and Howard Grubb

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Patent watch camera (improved model) -Lancaster patent - by W.J. Lancaster, Birmingham, England 1892. Incomplete, with focussing but no plate holder. Fitted with a Grubb type achromatic lens and vertical guillotine shutter.

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Category:: Photographic Technology

Collection:: Arthur Frank Collection

Object Number:: 1979-559/718

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy), nickel plated, steel (metal), glass, velvet, metal (unknown) and cardboard

Measurements:: overall: 140 mm x 60 mm x 75 mm, .202 kg

type:: sub miniature camera

credit:: The Arthur Frank Collection

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