Pecto No.5 folding plate camera by Columbia
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1897
Materials
Wood, Leather, Metal, Glass, Textile, Plastic
Measurements
Closed size 175 x 165 x 80 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524786.1
Summary
Pecto No.5 folding plate camera by Columbia. For 9 cm x 12 cm plates. Wooden body covered in black leather. Maroon leather bellows. Wooden standard. Brass detailing. Brilliant finder on baseboard. Bausch & Lomb shutter. Rising front. Ground glass focusing screen. Tripod bush on base. Markings: Brass plate beneath standard: "Pecto No.5" Plastic plate screwed to top with retailer's details: "Comptoir Général D'Appareils Photographiques, 32 Chaussée de Malines, Anvers".
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.