A wooden lidded tube for a Watkins Time Thermometer
Watkins Meter Co.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1909 - 1925
Materials
Wood
Measurements
232 mm (Depth); 30 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Hereford
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525119.2
Summary
A wooden lidded tube for a Watkins Time Thermometer. A label is attached to the tube with printing "The Watkins Time Thermometer. (price) 7/6. Indicating without calculation or adjustment, times for development of plates or films in dish or tank. A choice of seven developers. Right for Kodak tanks and developers. With full instructions. The Watkins Meter Co., Hereford, England."
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
Watkins Meter Co., manufacturer