
Wet-Plate Accessories (various)
703
Hammer Price
€780
incl. Buyer's Premium
Estimate €600 – 800
Manufacture Year : c.1865
Rare accessories comprising a Murry & Heath, London, Patent suction-cup device with turned rosewood handle for holding plates during coating, a collodion dipping tank, for plates up to 5x7", black painted pine box with hinged easel stand at side and hinged lid at top opening to a James Edwards & Son, Dalehall ceramic tank and an American wet-plate holder for 5x7". The suction-cup is a very rare accessory. Ex Spria Collection. A similar suction-cup is illustrated in "The History Of Photography As Seen Through The Spira Collection", page 44.