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Fotoguy20d
4-Jan-2014, 21:37
I was cleaning the glass on a large brass projection petzval and the lfront and thicker rear element are marked on the edge with CG and a 4 digit number. Any idea who made it?
Thanks,
Dan
Steven Tribe
5-Jan-2014, 03:12
Clement & Gilmer.
This optical house claimed to be a continuation from Gasc & Charconnet ( founded in 1860 ) from 1887. They then became Laverne in 1890.
Writing the producers name on the lens edge is very much a French thing! In other countries it was mostly reference numbers and artisans/qc names.
Fotoguy20d
5-Jan-2014, 06:13
Steven,
Thanks! The barrel is in fact marked France. I've seen several Darlot lenses edge marked in this way. My first thought on seeing the marking was G&C but after I looked again at the ordering of the letters I decided that wasn't right.
Dan
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