Ensign Midget Model 33 miniature folding rollfilm camera by Houghton-Butcher.
Houghton-Butcher MFG Co. Ltd.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1934 - 1941
Materials
Metal, Leather, Glass, Enamel
Measurements
Closed size 45 x 90 x 18 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524632.1
Summary
Ensign Midget Model 33 miniature folding rollfilm camera by Houghton-Butcher. Metal body finished in black ripple effect paint. Model 33 has fixed-focus lens. Black leather bellows. Frame finder. Markings: surrounding shutter is metal and black enamelled plate with design stating "Ensign Midget". Inside back cover is coloured label stating "This Camera takes E10 Ensign Lukos film", and imprinted in the metal: "Made in England by the Houghton-Butcher Mfg Co. Ltd. London E17".
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