Cooke Serial Number?

[Richard K.]

I've just shot a couple of portraits with a beautiful Cooke Knuckler that I acquired recently. I was wondering what year this lens was made if there is a place that I can find the Cooke serial numbers? This one is 116336. Thanks for your help!

[Steve Hamley]

Richard,

E-mail Barbara Lowery at Cooke: barb@zgc.com

Let us know what you find out!

Cheers, Steve

[Steven Tribe]

Around 1926. According to VM, there is no reliable serial no. data - apart from certain periods. Yours matches one of "known periods". "Cooke" is just a label applied to some objectives - the real maker was Taylor, Taylor & Hobson who ended up as part of the Rank Organisation in the UK (early 1960's?).

[Richard K.]

Thanks Steve and Steven!

[eddie]

show us the portraits already!

[CCHarrison]

Another key to dating a Cooke, is that the knuckles didnt start until 1924.

Dan