2 lens caps for Perken Son and Rayment, Optimus camera
Perken, Son and Rayment
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1900
Materials
Leather, Fabric
Measurements
smaller lens cap 9 x 52 mm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524734.2.2
Summary
2 lens caps for Perken Son and Rayment, Optimus camera. The lens capse are of larger and smaller diameters, and are both made from leather, stained red on the outer base and edges.Both lens caps are lined with black fabric, probably velvet.
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
Perken, Son and Rayment, manufacturer