Accession No

2933

Brief Description

brass projector lens

Origin

Paris; France

Maker

Hermagis

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal; brass; glass

Dimensions

diameter 108mm; length 150mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated, 17/02/1983.

Inscription

‘HERMAGIS
Optn. Fabt.
Breveté S. G. D. G.
à Paris’ (barrel)

Description Notes

Brass mounted projector lens with screw-off lens shield; focus rack with pinion and screw missing. One of the lenses in the brass has a Roman numeral "VIII" scratched onto it.

Condition fair (fungus on lens); incomplete (pinion and screw missing)

References

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