A case for the exposure calculator
Claud Michael Kauffmann (1931)
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1923
Materials
Card board, Leatherette, Metal, Fabric
Measurements
135 x 98 x 10 mm
Place of origin
Paris
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525062.2
Summary
A case for the exposure calculator. The case is cardboard covered witha black leatherette material and there is a single metal clasp. On the front is embossed 'Le Posographe' and inside the lid is a label reading ' James A Sinclair & Co Ltd., 9 & 10 Charing Cross, London SW1'. A fabric strip aids removal of the unit from the case.
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
Claud Michael Kauffmann (1931), manufacturer