Sherlock-Holmes

Sherlock-Holmes

Camera

Leon Bloch

Maker
French, 1890s–1910s

Sherlock-Holmes

1912
Wood, leather, felt, metal, and glass
Overall: 6 5/16 × 3 9/16 × 8 7/16 in. (16 × 9 × 21.5 cm)
Overall (camera only): 5 11/16 × 3 3/8 × 6 1/2 in. (14.5 × 8.5 × 16.5 cm)
Image: 2 9/16 × 3 9/16 in. (6.5 × 9 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionDry plate detective camera disguised as a book or document case.
Inscriptions Printed in gilt, on leather "spine" inside "book cover", Le SHERLOCK-HOLMES \ BREVETÉ en FRANCE et à L'ÉTRANGER

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