Metal two layer tray.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
39 x 113 x 98 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525208.4
Summary
Metal two layer tray. This comprises of two metal trays of identical size mounted one above the other on four legs. The top tray has a rectangular hole 57mm x 41mm in the centre. The bottom tray has a similar hole but also has a sheet of metal mounted approximately 9mm above which has four long holes arranged around the shape of the rectangular holes, so acting as a baffle plate of some sort.
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