Sanderson - Antique and Vintage Cameras

Sanderson

1895

Original model

George Houghton & Son

London

England

Image of Sanderson

Lens:
f6, Perken, Son & Rayment Rapid Euryscope, iris diaphragm to f44.

Shutter:
Thornton-Pickard, T&I roller-blind.

Construction:
Polished mahogany, dovetail joints, brass fittings, with black leather bellows. Square corners to bellows.

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

Focusing:
Bellows. Single extension, rack and pinion movement to rear standard.

Attributes:
Plumb bob. Removable lens panel.

Identification:
Folding bed. Curved struts. No strut to rear standard. Without bolts to lock front panel to struts. Without tallbody feature. Square cornered bellows. Marked 'Patent Applied For'.

Movements:
Tilting front.

Serial Number:
108 (1895) .

Notes:
Address on plaque: G. Houghton & Son. 89 High Holborn. London.

With:
Dark slide.

Sanderson

1895

Original model

George Houghton & Son

London

England

Image of Sanderson Original model

Lens:
f6.5, 7.55" Cooke Series III, iris diaphragm to f45. Serial no. 421 .

Shutter:
None.

Construction:
Polished mahogany, dovetail joints, brass fittings, with black leather bellows. Square corners to bellows.

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

Focusing:
Bellows. Single extension, rack and pinion movement to rear standard.

Attributes:
Two plumb bobs. Removable lens panel.

Identification:
Folding bed. Without tallbody feature. Square cornered bellows. Lever to lock compound front. No strut to rear standard. Without bolts to lock front panel to struts.

Movements:
Rising front, cross front, tilting front.

Serial Number:
180 (c. 1895) .

Notes:
Address on plaque: G. Houghton & Son. 89 High Holborn. London.

These two cameras are the first model Sanderson of 1895 that introduced F.H. Sanderson's swing front movement. At the time it was known as "Sanderson's Universal Swing Front Camera" or, with the addition of the compound front, "Improved Universal Swing Front Camera". Two models are advertised - No. 1 and No. 2 - presumably for single and double extension.

This model was on sale for only a year before the introduction of the A pattern. There are distinct differences between the two, on the Original:

  • The rear standard attaches directly to baseboard without pivoting to close the camera.
  • The baseboard hinges to close the camera. A loose panel in the baseboard slides across the hinge to lock it in place.
  • There are no struts to the rear standard.

The very earliest models of the Original, shown in the first entry above with a serial number of 108, had a large lens panel without a compound front and had curved front struts. The second entry shows a slightly later camera, serial number 180, with compound front and straight struts. The two cameras also differ in the position of the hinge to the baseboard. Camera number 119 still exists and has curved struts, camera number 241 is the later A pattern. Numbering probably started at 100 so there were possibly 100 or so Original models produced.

References & Notes:
Sanderson Notes. Sanderson Serial Numbers. BP 613/1895. BJA 1896, p. 1338. BJA 1897, p. 1312.


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