Camera [The Favourite Victo]
Maker and role
Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Company Ltd, Manufacturer
Production date
Circa 1900
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Object detail
Accession number
1978.790
Description
Camera - The Favourite Victo, especially manufactured for Harringtons, Melbourne. Half plate all movements. Thornton-Pickard roller blind shutter and Beck Symmetrical Lens. Wooden base. Lens is on hinged bracket. Viewing window is hinged but also on sliding rack. Black leather bellows. Glass viewing door is hinged opening into bellow. Gold coloured metal clasp to lock door. Knobs to control slide of viewing window. Leather carrying strap at top. Cord extending from lens with a circular handheld shutter release.
Marks
TIME & INST. / PATENT / THORNTON / PICKARD Maker's Plate
THE FAVOURITE VICTO / Specially manufactured for / HARRINGTONS LTD. / MELBOURNE SYDNEY BRISBANE ADELAIDE. / & AUCKLAND & WELLINGTON NZ. Maker's Plate
Watson-Edwards / Patent / The "Antinous" / regd Engraved
LENS BECK SYMMETRICAL Engraved
THE FAVOURITE VICTO / Specially manufactured for / HARRINGTONS LTD. / MELBOURNE SYDNEY BRISBANE ADELAIDE. / & AUCKLAND & WELLINGTON NZ. Maker's Plate
Watson-Edwards / Patent / The "Antinous" / regd Engraved
LENS BECK SYMMETRICAL Engraved
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Credit Line
Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Company Ltd. Circa 1900. Camera [The Favourite Victo], 1978.790. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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