1st Nov, 2018 12:00
Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine
A Rare Quartz Crystal Camera Obscura(?) Lens
c.1850, French, signed 'Lentille en Quartz Foyer 15cm Ed Lutz Paris', brass lacquered ring with retaining ring to rear, believed to be a camera obscura lens, in chamois leather bag, lens tested under polarised light as Quartz crystal and not glass, diameter 8.5cm
Sold for £540
Result plus buyers premium
c.1850, French, signed 'Lentille en Quartz Foyer 15cm Ed Lutz Paris', brass lacquered ring with retaining ring to rear, believed to be a camera obscura lens, in chamois leather bag, lens tested under polarised light as Quartz crystal and not glass, diameter 8.5cm
Auction: Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicine, 1st Nov, 2018
