Ilford Prentice Vintage Folding Camera, 1950s

Description

Fantastic looking vintage Ilford Prentice folding camera, dating from the 1950s.
I don't know whether this works and it is therefore sold as seen with expectation it would be used for display or potentially need fixing.

The informative specification below is taken from:camera-wiki.
The Ilford Prentice is a folding camera made in the UK by Kershaw-Soho for Ilford in about 1951. It makes 2¼×3¼ inch (6×9 cm) exposures on 120 film.

The camera is very similar to later (plunger shutter-release) models of the Kershaw Eight-20 Penguin. It has a plastic periscopic lens, with two aperture settings (f/11 and f/16), with focusing down to six feet. Unlike the Kershaw camera, there is a slight bulge in the door to accomodate the lens unit, so it does not need the instruction to "Set pointer here before closing camera". It has a simple 'I' and 'B' shutter. The body is of pressed metal, painted in 'crackle-finish' enamel. It has a brilliant finder, which rotates for portrait and landscape orientation. There is a swing-out spool holder at the supply end of the film chamber. "

As described it is very similar to the Kershaw Penguin. I found this camera with a Kershaw Penguin instruction manual and although the above camera wiki page points to a dedicated Ilford Prentice manual, I wonder whether this Kershaw one was supplied with the camera when new, otherwise sourced later as suitable for use. It should be helpful and is included with the camera in this sale. Please note the outer pages are no longer attached but are included. I believe this camera probably belonged to my Dad.

The fold out design looks great and this would be a super vintage prop, great for a photographer / collector and would equally look great just sitting on a shelf for people who love vintage things and vintage decor ... or potentially as a camera if it is found to work! I am sorry I'm not able to test it.

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