A tin container of exposure meter and sundry items.
Watkins
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1901 - 1902
Materials
Tin
Measurements
75 x 87 x 15 mm
Place of origin
Hereford
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525041.5
Summary
A tin container of exposure meter and sundry items. The tin is dark grey with gold lettering. Both inside and outside of the top have printed 'Watkins Dial Exposure Meter 8'6 Explains Itself The Watkins Meter Co., Hereford, Eng.' The meter itself rests on a fabric covered frame below which the documents are stored.
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
Watkins , manufacturer