A box for candles
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1885 - 1890
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
30 x 97 x 80 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525140.4.2
Summary
A box for candles. The box is purple cardboard with a lighter label wrapped around. This reads 'Medallion Special Hard Candles for use in Darkroom Lamps'.
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