Polished walnut box to hold 25 quarter plate size glass photographic plates.
Category
Photographs
Date
1850 - 1900
Materials
Wood, Brass
Measurements
200 x 295 x 120 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521284
Summary
Polished walnut box with brass carrying handle and hinged lid, to hold 25 glass photographic plates, quarter plate size. Two brass swivel clips to secure lid. Internal wooden dividers to contain the plates. Dovetail joints.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986.