Landscape lens

Landscape lens

Lens

Jean Theodore Jamin

Maker
French, d. 1867

Landscape lens

Metal, glass, and wood
Overall: 13 × 9 1/16 × 9 1/16 in. (33 × 23 × 23 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer, 1972
DescriptionLandscape lens, 5 in., with condensing cone and wood-knob lens cap.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal, lens barrel, C: JAMIN Ingr. Opticien \ 14 rue Chapon, Paris \ Breveté 1111 s.g.d.g.
Engraved in metal, lens front edge, C: C. PAYSAGE
Engraved in metal, lens cone bottom edge, C: F

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