An Evocative Early 20thC British Army Tripod Plate Camera sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles A valuable and highly absorbing

A valuable and highly absorbing piece of natural history

This piece is beautifully worn in and has an aura of it's own with the creams and indigos leaping out

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The top face appears to be braced to an underface so there are essentially two dials present

the fictitious heroine of the lengthy poem Triumphs of Temper

An Evocative Early 20thC British Army Tripod Plate Camera sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles A valuable and highly absorbingOrigin: British Period: Early Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1910 1935 Height: 50 inches (the whole) or 42 (the tripod) The Camera: 8 inches (w) x 11 inches (d) x 8 inches (h) (in compact form) The Dallmeyer Pentac lens marked with crows foot symbol, having a rack and pinion focus adjustment, speed adjuster and Rada roll film back conversion from plate to film, mounted on a substantial oak and lacquered steel tripod with various