A lens for Kalee Projector
Kershaw-Soho Ltd
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1926
Materials
Glass, Metal
Measurements
129 mm (Length); 50 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Leeds
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525228.2
Summary
A lens for the Kalee projector. It is mounted in a chrome barrel on which is printed 'Kalee Bloomed Projection lens Series H f/22 41/4in=108mm No 445826' and on the opposite side 'Made in England A.Kershaw & Sons Ltd. Leeds Pat.App.For'.
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
Kershaw-Soho Ltd, manufacturer