Metal spirit burner with screw cap lid and wick.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Brass, Fabric
Measurements
53 mm (Height); 88 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525221
Summary
Metal spirit burner with screw cap lid and wick. This comprises a cylindrical spirit reservoir of pressed metal, in the centre of the top plate is a hole around which a screw fitting has been mounted. Through the hole is a closed metal tube with holes around the top and a cylindrical wick around the tube. There is a brass screw fit cover/snuffer which is roughly bell shaped with a knurled ridge for grip.
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