Lid for the original box for a Watkins Queen Bee Exposure meter.
Watkins
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1903 - 1905
Materials
Metal, Card, Paper
Measurements
88 x 68 x 21 mm
Place of origin
Hereford
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525056.4.2
Summary
Lid of the original box for a Watkins Queen Bee Exposure meter. This is of thick cardboard construction with metal reinforcement on each corner. There is a paper label printed in black which reads "Watkins Queen Bee Exposure Meter. Best finish in pocket case. 10/6 Instruction, speed card and seconds chain enclosed". There is a picture of the meter in its case. Bottom side wall printed in blue "Stevensons' Boxmakers, Manchester".
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 Stevensons, manufacturer