Glass chimney for oil burning illuminant for a toy magic lantern slide projector.
Gebrüder Bing
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1890 - 1910
Materials
Glass
Measurements
165 mm (Height); 57 mm (Diameter)
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525218.6
Summary
Glass chimney for oil burning illuminant for a toy magic lantern slide projector. This is of blown glass construction. It is a simple structure which attaches to the burner as a simple cylinder and then the cylinder dilates and constricts to draw the fumes up and away.
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
Gebrüder Bing , manufacturer