Spare glass protective sleeve for Carbon arc illuminant.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1850 - 1910
Materials
Glass
Measurements
75 mm (Height); 55 mm (Diameter)
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525229.4.1
Summary
Spare glass protective sleeve for Carbon arc illuminant. This is a simple tube of glass with a small hole through the side to aid combustion.
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