Lantern slide box with heater.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Metal, Leather
Measurements
150 x 320 x 105 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525214
Summary
Lantern slide box with heater. Wooden construction with four compartments and a leather carrying strap. Internal compartments are approximately 85mm (D) x 70mm (W) x 80mm (H), with metal mesh as the base, to allow heat to rise up from the warming compartment beneath. Wooden hinged lid which is fixed by two metal swivel hooks. Warming compartment in base is 50mm deep and contains warming brick. It hinges open and is fixed by two metal swivel hooks.
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.