Brown bakelite case for Zeiss Ikon yellow filter GR5.
Zeiss Ikon
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1926
Materials
Bakelite, Paper
Measurements
13 x 50 x 54 mm
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525072.2
Summary
Brown bakelite case for Zeiss Ikon yellow filter GR5. Lid is hinged, also in bakelite. Circular depression and grooves inside to contain the filter. A piece of white paper is in the base of this, printed in black ink with "974/3" and "Ø37/GR5". On top of this has been handwritten in pencil: "12/-". Company logo embossed on top of lid: "Zeiss Ikon. Made in Germany".
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
Zeiss Ikon, manufacturer