Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2283Location: BoltonDate / Time: May 03, 2005 10:00AM
Description:
Sliding Box Camera by Bland & Co., London, 7 1/2 x 7 1/2-inch, probably for wet-collodian use, the mahogany body of dovetailed construction, with rising front, ground-glass focusing screen, brass fittings and a brass-bound rack-and-pinion focusing lens with cap and stop, engraved Bland & Co., Opticians to the Queen, Fleet St., London, 2516, (original condition overall, lacquer rubbed and some discoloration on the top).
Estimate $2,000-3,000