A candle holder for safelight.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1885 - 1895
Materials
Metal, Wax
Measurements
175 x 95 x 95 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525138.2
Summary
A candle holder for safelight. The unit consists of a metal hollow cylinder into which the candle is held. The safelight head fits on top. The pillar is supported on a circular metal base and is set at an angle to the vertical. A candle is in the unit.
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