A sealed packet of six Little Nipper dry plates.
Butcher and Co.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1922
Materials
Cardboard, Glass, Plastic
Measurements
73 x 52 x 15 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524669.4
Summary
A sealed packet of six Little Nipper dry plates.The packet is mainly yellow with a picture of a boy on the front and the inscription 'Box of six Little Nipper Dry Plates. Open only in red light. W.B.& S. Ltd. London' 'Price 6d Made in England'
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 and Co., manufacturer