Lancaster Gem Apparatus
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The Gem Apparatus is a wooden-bodied plate camera for making many small photographs on a single plate. It was made from about 1880 by Lancaster of Birmingham, England. It would typically have been used by photographic studios, for portraits. These might usually have been on ferrotype plates, developed as positives; the robust metal plate could be cut into individual tiny 'gem' portraits, to be given away, sent by post, put into lockets, etc.
Specifications
- Year End
- 1910