Ensign Midget Model 33 miniature folding rollfilm camera by Houghton-Butcher.
Houghton-Butcher MFG Co. Ltd.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Glass, Enamel
Measurements
50 x 90 x 20 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524633.1
Summary
Ensign Midget Model 55 miniature folding rollfilm camera by Houghton-Butcher. Metal body finished in black ripple effect paint. Model 55 has focusing Ensar f6.3 lens. Black leather bellows. Frame finder on top of camera, and rotating brilliant finder to left of lens. 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