A brass cylinder case with four pattern discs
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1920
Materials
Brass
Measurements
12 mm (Depth); 40 mm (Diameter)
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525091.15
Summary
A brass cylindrical case containing four brass circular plates. One has a slit, one has a quarter-moon shape cut out and two have spoked patterns. They appear to be some kind of filter but the purpose is unclear.
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