Metal holder for Negafake erasing pencils.
T. S. Bruce
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1908
Materials
Metal
Measurements
128 mm (Length); 10 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Hampstead
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525112.2
Summary
Metal holder for Negafake erasing pencils. Brass tubular holder with slots at each end for two different sticks of abrasive material ("erasing pencils"), with sliding metal bands which secure the opening around each stick.
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
T. S. Bruce, manufacturer