A double gas supply pipe with independent taps.
C. F. Budenberg (1815 - 1883)
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1880 - 1900
Materials
Brass
Measurements
110 x 75 x 330 mm
Place of origin
Manchester
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525206.4
Summary
A double gas supply pipe with independent taps. The unit is all brass and the supply is mounted on a circular platform whose height can be adjusted by means of a rack and pinion arrangement. The means of connection are not at all clear - probably some ancilliary pipes which are now missing.
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