Ennwell battery flash, reflector and Sashalite bulb.
General Electric Co.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1930 - 1939
Materials
Metal, Plastic, Glass, Foil
Place of origin
United States
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524995
Summary
A Ennwell battery flash, reflector and Sashalite flash bulb. The Ennwell metal battery flash is cyclindrical with a plastic ridged handle and sliding on/off switch. One end screws off to reveal and empty battery chamber. The screw in lid to the battery chamber is embossed with "ENNWELL FOREIGN" and at the other end is a screw thread for attaching the bulb. A “Sashalite” screw-in flash bulb, which fits with the Ennwell battery flash is clear glass filled with foil which would have ignited in the bulb filled with oxygen from a spark caused by the battery. Printed at the top of the bulb with “Sashalite. Made in England” and the patent number. A large plain metal reflector clips on to the battery flash to house the bulb inside.
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
General Electric Co., manufacturer