Fore sight for Thornton-Pickard Hythe Camera Gun Mk III
Thornton Pickard
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1916 - 1934
Materials
Metal
Measurements
90 mm (Height); 6 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Altrincham
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524948.3
Summary
Fore sight for Thornton-Pickard Hythe Camera Gun Mk III H. Metal rod with small ball shaped top which slots into top of camera gun at front and is secured by a screw.
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