Box to hold 12 lithographic coloured glass lantern slides.
Category
Photographs
Date
1890 - 1910
Materials
Cardboard, Paper, Wood
Measurements
130 x 265 x 80 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525218.2.13
Summary
Cardboard box with wooden interior that has 12 slots for lithographic coloured glass lantern slides. There is a 5 cm high wooden block at bottom to ensure slides are level with the top. The outside of the brown box is covered in a mottled green/black paper whilst the inside is blue paper. The lid is separate and covered in the same paper. Blue paper is also on top of the wooden slots, but is missing in small areas. The mottled paper is worn on the corners.
Provenance
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