Illuminant for lantern projector - main body/base.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
(Base) 55 x 140 x 140 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525203.1
Summary
Illuminant for lantern projector - main body/base, with burner. A square black metal base from which a brass tap is attached to one side. this tap lead through a pipe to a raised burner in the centre. The pipe work is soldered to the plate where the pipe enters and beneath the burner. The tap and burner are made of brass. The burner has an ornate pierced brass collar to hold a glass chimney which can be raised up or down approximately 3 cms. Surrounding the burner the top of base has a number of small pierced holes and a raised flange on which the metal periscope type sits. This metal chimney has a large oval hole near the base and on either side are two metal slots. The top is enclosed by a sloping lid at 45 degrees to deflect the fumesand at the back is a smaller oval slot. Just below this slot on the inside is a flat metal shelf that stretches 3/4 way across.
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