Circular attachments (2) for camera tripod.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1900 - 1909
Materials
Metal, Plastic, Textile
Measurements
Aluminium disc 14 mm (Depth); 70 mm (Diameter)
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524792.7
Summary
Circular attachments (2) for camera tripod. One disc is metal (aluminium), 70 mm in diameter, with an 18 mm hole in the centre with screw thread. One side is flat and the other is slightly concave, with a small tubular section at the central screw hole. Stamped into the metal on this side is "This side up". The other disc is brown plastic, 74 mm in diameter, with a 6 mm hole in the centre with narrow screw thread. One side of this disc is covered in black velvet material. The plastic side has a circular groove worn into the surface, 40 mm in diameter.
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.