Leather pouch
Houghton-Butcher MFG Co. Ltd.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1918 - 1922
Materials
Leather
Measurements
117 x 155 x 69 mm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524946.2
Summary
Leather pouch/case This is designed to hold a set of 12 fabric plate holders It is made of three pieces of strong leather, one forms the front, bottom,back and lid with a leather handle attached to the lid by two small rivetted straps. The other two pieces form the sides. The lid secured with a spring post and clip fastening which no longer works.
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
Houghton-Butcher MFG Co. Ltd., manufacturer