A brown leather case to fit a Sanderson Regular Model quarter plate folding camera
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1908 - 1928
Materials
Leather, Brass
Measurements
190 x 290 x 125 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524826.5
Summary
A brown leather case to fit a Sanderson Regular Model quarter plate folding camera. The case is of stitched light brown leather, with a brass locking catch (stamped "secure lever" and "English make") and a leather carrying handle. The inside is lined with red velvet and is divided into two compartments. Inside the case is the key to the catch, and a loose cardboard label marked on one side with reference numbers for the fitter, examiner and tester of the camera, and on the reverse with the Ensign company logo (red flag) and "Should there be any complaint respecting this camera, please return this label with the camera"
Provenance
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