A cast metal body Kinora viewer with dual lens adjustable focus, circa 1910.

Stippled black and copper paint to main body and lens holders, with The Kinora registered trade mark, and PATENTS APPLIED FOR in gold lettering.

With handwritten label to underside: Christies 5.4.78

Height: 24 cm.

For a similar model of viewer see the collection of the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock, Wiltshire (National Trust) NT 1521134.1

Literature:

The Kinora: Motion Pictures for the Home, 1896-1914. by Barry Alan Anthony, 1996. Page: 39.

ACR (Ariel Cinematographica Register) No: 0829

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