A gas valve
C. F. Budenberg (1815 - 1883)
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Brass
Measurements
115 x 110 x 50 mm
Place of origin
Manchester
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525206.2
Summary
A gas valve. The unit is brass with circular disc to control the flow. The exit pipe has a double threaded coupling attached. Inlet and exit at at right angles.
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