Wooden carrying box for pair of Negretti and Zambra lantern slide projectors.
Negretti and Zambra
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1860
Materials
Wood, Metal, Brass, Webbing
Measurements
420 x 470 x 425 mm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525216.1
Summary
A carrying box for Negretti & Zambra lantern slide projectors which doubles as the projector table when in use Solid wood construction with a hinged lid metal carrying handles on either side, the box was lockable but no key & no keep plate are present. The lid is restrained by two webbing straps, when it is in the open position There are two wooden dividers inside the box and four brass plates set into the lid; two have one hole and two have two holes which extend through into the box, the two single hole plates are for mounting the projectors and the two, two hole plates are for mounting the tow dissolve device. Four eyelets, two in lid and two in box,
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
Negretti and Zambra , manufacturer