Coffee tin forming part of the photographic equipment for Perken Son and Rayment Optimus camera.
Category
Technological items
Date
1900
Materials
Tin, Chemical
Measurements
100 x 60 x 40 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524734.7
Summary
Coffee tin likely to contain a photographic processing powder. The tin is sealed with tape and marked at the top ' PURE HYDROQUINONE AGFA Brand Real German'. Further markings to sides read 'PURE HYDROQUINONE' and 'Poison'. The tin, along with other items, is contained in the camera case for Perken Son and Rayment Optimus 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.