A leather case for a set of brass Waterhouse stops, to fit a photographic enlarging lantern made by W. Hume of Edinburgh
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1890
Materials
Leather
Measurements
83 x 61 x 12 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525171.4.2
Summary
A leather case for a set of brass Waterhouse stops, to fit a photographic enlarging lantern made by W. Hume of Edinburgh. The case is made of black leather, with a fold-over lid lined in thinner green leather and secured by a tongue which fits into a slot on the front of the case.
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