Brass barrel body for Busch Vademecum combination lens set.
Emil Busch (1820 - 1888)
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1899
Materials
Measurements
26 mm (Depth); 48 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525086.2
Summary
Brass barrel body for Busch Vademecum combination lens set. Markings: "Busch Vademecum" and aperture calibrations 1 - 6.
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
Emil Busch (1820 - 1888), manufacturer