An Adams bag-type plate changing box, to fit a Sanderson Regular Model quarter plate camera.
Adams and Co.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1908 - 1928
Materials
Wood, Metal, Leather
Measurements
105 x 155 x 55 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524826.2
Summary
An Adams bag-type plate changing box, to fit a Sanderson Regular Model quarter plate camera. The box is of wooden construction with a black leather covering, with a soft black leather changing bag under a catch-operated lid, a draw slide to raise the plates within the box and a red viewing window at the rear. Markings; stamped under the lid " The Adams Changing Box, Adams & Co. 26 Charing Cross Road London W.C."; stamped into the leather of the base "1703".
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
Adams and Co., manufacturer