Watson Tailboard - Antique and Vintage Cameras

Watson Tailboard

c. 1883

W. Watson & Sons

London

England

Image of Watson Tailboard

Construction:
Spanish mahogany, screwed and dovetail joints, brass fittings. Leather bellows with square corners.

Format:
6 ½" x 4 ¾" plates held in double dark-slides.

Focusing:
Bellows. Short rack and pinion movement to front standard.

Attributes:
Extreme lens panel movement for stereo use, fixing holes for a septum. Reversing back.

Movements:
Rise and cross front. Tilt to back.

Serial Number:
431 .

The design of this camera is unusual, front focus tailboard designs are uncommon but this example looks to have been made for a specific requirement. The camera has to be racked out slightly in order for the inner frame to span the joint of the folding tailboard. The camera has a very wide lens panel and fixings for a septum for stereo photography. The serial number is stamped on the base, lens panel and rising front panel. There is also an ink number on the name plaque - 9976. This may indicate that several of these cameras were made for an organisation where there was a danger of the parts being mixed up.


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