A Brown Leather Camera Case.
Butcher’s
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1903 - 1930
Materials
Leather, Velvet, Cotton cord
Measurements
Camera Case 235 x 132 x 52 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524488.2
Summary
A brown leather camera case containing a Butcher and Sons Ltd. Carbine Camera. The case is made of rigid brown leather, top stitched with thread, with a shoulder strap and clasp for securing front flap.The case is lined with dark blue velvet. Under front flap is an address label.
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
Butcher’s, manufacturer