A handheld trigger for a powder flash light
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1910 - 1930
Materials
Metal alloy
Measurements
305 x 68 x 32 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525025
Summary
A handheld trigger for a powder flash light. The unit is of unknown manufacture and may be split into two parts, presumably for carrying. A spring loaded trigger sends a metal plate up to a contact with the powder to form a spark. The top plate has two recesses which mate with a larger plate bearing the powder.
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