Optiscope No. 20 lantern slide projector, with transport box, lens, electric illuminant bulb and spare, electric lead / plug, lamphouse lid.
Ensign Limited
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1930
Materials
Metal, Glass, Leather, Wood
Measurements
560 x 630 x 300 mm (in box)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525231
Summary
Optiscope No. 20 lantern slide projector, with wooden transport box, Aldis-Butcher lens, electric bulb (illuminant), spare electric bulb, electric lead with plug, and lamphouse lid.
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
Ensign Limited, manufacturer