A set of "Wondersign" magnetic numbers, in a wooden carrying box.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Wood
Measurements
160 x 195 x 15 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525232.4
Summary
A set of "Wondersign" magnetic numbers, in a wooden carrying box. The box is made of wood, covered in wood-effect paper and with a metal clasp, and is marked "Fount of 30 Wondersign Magnet-Figures, patented in Great Britain & abroad. Wondersigns Limited 235 High Holborn London W.C.1. Factories; 14 Gate Street & Whetstone Park, London". Inside is a metal base plate with figures in black ink representing the full set of numbers included (1-9, 0, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4). The magnetic metal numbers, painted white, are stuck onto the metal plate (several are missing)
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