Photographic plate holder with dark slide and glass plate, for a Butcher Cameo folding plate camera.
Butcher’s
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1910 - 1925
Materials
Metal, Textile, Glass
Measurements
90 x 135 x 3 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524585.4
Summary
A photographic plate holder with dark slide and glass plate, for a Butcher Cameo folding plate camera. Black metal case with red velvet lining and glass plate inside. Stamped on one side of the holder is "Cameo" and the number 6. above it in an indented circle. Handwritten on holder is "FULL".
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