Circular trimmer for cutting photographic paper - part 2 of 2 connecting parts.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Plastic
Measurements
150 mm (Height); 26 mm (Diameter)
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525104.2
Summary
Circular trimmer for cutting photographic paper - one of two connecting parts. This is the handle section, comprising a brass rod with a black plastic ball shaped handle at one end and an aperture at the other for the other part of the cutter to slot in and be fixed by turning a screw above it. At the very end is a point which is used as the centre of the circle being cut.
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.