Mercury plate holder

Mercury plate holder

Equipment

Attributed to Hermann-Josef Mackenstein

French, ca. 1880s–1890s

Mercury plate holder

after 1891
Wood and metal
Overall: 4 3/4 × 8 1/4 × 2 3/16 in. (12 × 21 × 5.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer, 1972
1972.0331.0006
DescriptionStereo plate holder, 8.5x17 format, for use with Lippmann color process.
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) inside dark slide, TC: Mackenstein

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