Box lid of original two part box for a Watkins Bee Exposure meter.
Watkins
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1913
Materials
Metal, Card, Paper
Measurements
87 x 71 x 20 mm
Place of origin
Hereford
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525047.5.2
Summary
Box lid of original two part box for a Watkins Bee Exposure meter. Box lid of card with metal reinforcement at the corners and a paper label printed in black, which reads " The Watkins Bee Meter Fitted with Special dial for Autochromes 3/- Full instructions and Speed Card Enclosed". There is a picture of the meter and the whole is enclosed in a border.
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