Houghton Butcher Tropical Watch Pocket Carbine No.12 folding roll-film camera
Houghton-Butcher MFG Co. Ltd.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1923 - 1930
Materials
Metal, Leather, Wood, Glass
Measurements
Closed 205 x 101 x 38 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524427
Summary
A Houghton Butcher Tropical Watch Pocket Carbine No.12 folding roll-film camera, with wood and metal (unleathered) body with Florentine bronze finish. The handle is brown leather embossed with "Carbine" Lens is Aldis Uno Anastigmat f 7.7 in Betax No.1 shutter. The bellows is mid-brown Russia leather. Markings: Manufacturer's mark on outside, back cover: "Made by the Houghton Butcher Mfg. Co. Ltd, London" Metal plate inside on stage: "No.12 Watch Pocket Carbine British Made"
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
Makers and roles
Houghton-Butcher MFG Co. Ltd., manufacturer