Detachable wooden base for Shew Xit folding plate camera
J. F. Shew
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1900 - 1909
Materials
Wood, Metal
Measurements
6 x 101 x 257 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524792.2
Summary
Detachable wooden base for Shew Xit folding quarter plate camera. Wood and brass. Two brass tripod bushes. Markings: Two white lines printed on surface, one marked "F Single" and the other "B Single"
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
J. F. Shew , manufacturer