Box for Gold Toning Bath tablets.
Parke Davis and Co.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard, Paper
Measurements
27 x 83 x 28 mm
Place of origin
London
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525109.4
Summary
Box for Gold Toning Bath tablets, by Parke, Davis & Co, London. Cardboard inner tray with cardboard outer sleeve which slides over. Black outer surfaces. Orange paper label on top of outer sleeve, printed in black ink with the following text: "Compressed tablets. Gold Toning Bath (Sulphocyanide) To make 40 ounces. 269481E. Parke, Davis & Co, London"
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
Parke Davis and Co., manufacturer