A lamp holder
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1920
Materials
Metal, Brass, Plastic, Fabric
Measurements
175 x 215 x 115 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525233.2
Summary
A lamp unit for projector. It is on a metal base which slides into the lamp house. The base is marked 'Phillip Harris & Co Ltd., Birmingham, England'. The bulb holder pivots and may be adjusted in height. There is also a pillar on which the concave mirror is held. At the end of the electrical cable is a light fitting.
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