2 double folding plateholders for Perken Son and Rayment, Optimus folding camera.
Perken, Son and Rayment
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1900
Materials
Mahogany, Brass, Glass
Measurements
plate holder closed 158 x 208 x 19 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524734.3
Summary
2 double folding plateholders for Perken Son and Rayment, Optimus folding camera. The plateholders are made of mahogany with brass hinges and side clasps and solid, fully removabel dark slides. The plateholders are inscribed with numbers 1-4. Plate holders 1, 3 and 4 contain glass plates. The swivel clasp to hold the dark slide for plate holde 4 in place is missing.
Provenance
A 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