A brown leather 'ever-ready' case for a Redding's Patent Luzo detective box camera
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1890 - 1896
Materials
Leather, Metal
Measurements
100 x 165 x 105 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524821.2
Summary
A brown leather 'ever-ready' case for a Redding's Patent Luzo detective box camera. The case has apertures for the film advance knob, viewfinder, lens, shutter mechanism and frame punch so that the camera can be operated without opening or removing it from the case. The rear of the case folds down to allow the camera to be removed. It has a leather carrying strap and metal clasp. Markings; stamped above the clasp "J. Robinson & Sons 172 Regent St. W"
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