A pair of metal cylinders with different apertures
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1920
Materials
Metal
Measurements
62 mm (Length); 40 mm (Diameter)
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525091.7
Summary
A pair of metal cylinders with different size apertures at one end. They each have a slot which will fit the telescope lenses, but their precise function 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