Leather camera case for No.1 Goerz-Anschutz folding plate camera.
C. P. Goerz
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1896 - 1905
Materials
Leather, Metal, Velvet
Measurements
222 x 305 x 110 mm
Place of origin
Berlin
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524774.3
Summary
Leather camera case for No.1 Goerz-Anschutz folding plate camera and six double dark plates. Black leather with seven internal compartments, lined in green velvet. Metal clasp on (broken) lid flap and front. Large leather carrying strap on top, also broken. Two metal D rings on either side for missing shoulder strap. Markings: Inside top flap, printed on a black leather label in gold: "The London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company Limited, 106 and 108 Regent Street W, and 54 Cheapside EC.". Also printed in gold on a green label: "Important. After use see that the camera is replaced in the case with the tension spring at 1 and the blind run down."
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
C. P. Goerz , manufacturer