Limelight pressure gauge.
C. F. Budenberg (1815 - 1883)
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1880 - 1900
Materials
Brass
Measurements
155 x 70 x 32 mm
Place of origin
Manchester
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525206.1
Summary
Limelight pressure gauge. The gauge is a brass unit with a white face showing a range of 0-250 (presumabl psi). A note at the top says '1Atm equal 15lb English'. Also marked are 4 steps up the 'Full' at approximately half the range. Below the dial is the ttitle ' Gas Indicator R 1.10 Trade Mark Schaffer & Budenberg Ltd. Manchester No 1983519'. A brass pipe projects from the unit and on the pipe is a double threaded collar.
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
Makers and roles
C. F. Budenberg (1815 - 1883), manufacturer