An Ensign-Vento folding plate drying rack.
Ensign Photographic Company
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Metal
Measurements
165 x 215 x 22 mm (folded)
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525121
Summary
An Ensign- Vento folding plate drying rack. The rack consists of two black metal scissor-folding endpieces, with wooden struts with 12 notches on which to rest the plates. Markings; on one of the wooden struts, "Ensign-Vento".
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
Ensign Photographic Company, manufacturer