Glass screen for a Stereo Kromskop viewer
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1895 - 1899
Materials
Glass, Metal
Measurements
133 x 158 x 5 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524986.4
Summary
Glass and plastic screen possibly to diffuse the light from the light source for Stereoscopic Kromskop viewer Comprises a metal frame with a hinge at one end and a pin at the other. There would have been two pins originally. The glass panel is clear and appears to be the carrier for alternate filters etc, currently it contains a diffuser screen of opaque glass.
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