Lamphouse cover/roof for a Mallinson lantern projector
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1890
Materials
Brass
Measurements
40 x 170 mm; 275 mm (Length)
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525198.3
Summary
Lamphouse cover/roof for a Mallinson lantern projector. Lamp base cover/roof which is brass construction with a box section to locate the roof into the opening on the lamphouse. It is in 2 layers, first layer flat to the top of the lamphouse, second layer angled to create a total depth of 15mm and constructed four elements mitred together, folded and pressed over wire armature with a large rectangle chimney orifice.
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