A Flash Head torch adaptor
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1920 - 1930
Materials
Metal, Plastic
Measurements
160 x 130 x 50 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525026
Summary
A Flash Head torch adaptor ( as described by Fenton). The unit comprises a metal concave mirror complete with a diffuser panel which rotates into place. The bulb holder has a screw mount. . The unit is in a cardboard box. No manufacture details are known
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