Aft sight for Thornton-Pickard Hythe Camera Gun Mk III
Thornton Pickard
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1916 - 1934
Materials
Metal
Measurements
140 x 60 x 10 mm
Place of origin
Altrincham
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524948.2
Summary
Aft sight for Thornton-Pickard Hythe Camera Gun Mk III H. Metal rod to fit into top of camera gun with hole for securing pin. Sight is circle of metal with smaller circle in centre. It fits to centre top of camera gun, just behind the middle section.
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
Thornton Pickard , manufacturer