Thornton-Pickard box containing roller blind shutter, with detached releas cord, and 6 Waterhouse stops.
Thornton Pickard
Category
Technological items
Date
1887 - 1898
Materials
Measurements
40 x 130 x 130 mm
Place of origin
Altrincham
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524734.4
Summary
Original Thornton-Pickard box containing a Thornton-Pickard roller blind shutter and release cord (which has become detached from the shutter) and 6 Waterhouse stops, f8-f44. The shutter equips the Perken Son and Rayment Optimus folding plate camera.
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
Thornton Pickard , manufacturer