A leather case for a single Daguerreotype slide.
Antoine François Jean Claudet (Lyon 1797 - London 1867)
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1860
Materials
Leather
Measurements
177 x 91 x 9 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524964.2
Summary
A leather case for a single Daguerreotype slide. The case is red morocco leather, but part of the lid is missing. On the front, in gold is a coat of arms and the inscription 'Claudet 107, Regent Street'.
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
Antoine François Jean Claudet (Lyon 1797 - London 1867), manufacturer