Brown leather pouch of 6 Waterhouse stops.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1888
Materials
Leather, Metal
Measurements
45 x 33 x 12 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524802.2
Summary
Brown leather pouch of 6 Waterhouse stops. The pouch is lined in green leather and has a tabbed flap which slots into the front of the pouch. These are roughly oblong metal plates with a hole punched in the centre of the plate and with a small tab to grip the stop. The stops are: f/8, f/11, f/16, f/22, f/32 and f/44.
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.