A canvas case for a Thornton-Pickard Special Ruby Reflex camera
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1912 - 1920
Materials
Canvas, Cardboard, Leather, Metal
Measurements
230 x 260 x 230 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524850.2
Summary
A canvas case for a Thornton-Pickard Special Ruby Reflex camera. The case is made of green canvas, reinforced with cardboard and with a brown velvet lining, and has brown leather trimming, fastening straps and carrying handle, with metal buckles and clasp. Inside is a canvas and leather shoulder strap. Markings; a Thornton-Pickard label under the lid.
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