A tan leather box case for Ermanox camera
Ernemann
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1924 - 1926
Materials
Leather, Metal
Measurements
150 x 198 x 125 mm
Place of origin
Dresden
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524682.4
Summary
A tan leather box camera case to hold Ermanox miniature camera. It has a detached carrying strap with buckle. There is a metal clasp with lock(key missing) . There is a handle and top of the case is tooled and stitched leather. Stamped into the front is JF Shew and Co, 88 Newman Street, London W.
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
Ernemann , manufacturer J. F. Shew , retailer