A leather case for Planex camera
Van Neck & Co.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1890 - 1900
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Chrome, Metal
Measurements
205 x 275 x 200 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524847.2
Summary
A leather case for Planex camera. It is brown leather, rectagular in shape and has a green fabric lining and a single chrome fastener which locks. A pattern is marked on the lid surrounding a leather carrying handle. There are buckles on either side for a shoulder strap and four metal stands on the base.
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
Van Neck & Co., manufacturer