A metal tray for flash powder
Kodak
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1939 - 1950
Materials
Metal
Measurements
16 x 97 x 33 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525023.1
Summary
A metal tray for flash powder. The tray is metal, shiny outside but heavily discoloured from use inside. There is evidence of a maker's stamp but this is no longer legible.- may possibly be recovered with cleaning. The base has two lugs which form a stand.
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
Kodak, manufacturer