Ottewill & Co, England Sliding box camera

Whole-plate, wet collodion process camera, mahogany with brass bound corners, plaque engraved OTTEWILL & CO CHARLOTTE TERRACE CALEDONIAN ROAD ISLINGTON, brass lens engraved A Ross London no. 3199, replica darkslide and focusing screen and base, rare and early British wet-plate camera made by one of the most important British camera manufacturers who were first established in 1851. An advertisement for this camera is illustrated in N. Chaning et al (1996) British Camera Maker's p. 97, the camera and the original lens are in very good condition