Toy magic lantern slide projector.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Brass, Glass, Wood
Measurements
210 x 145 x 210 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525236.1
Summary
Toy magic lantern slide projector. 35mm, russian ir.on body, hand cranked maltese cross mechanism, wood base. Lacks oil illuminent. With spool and chimney. The metal box of the lantern is mounted on a wooden plinth The back panel of the unit is stamped 'Bavaria' Also stamped is a barely legible logo, possibly showing 'QB'. A hand crank drives the spockets for the 35mm film and also a rotating shutter arrangement in front of the illumination. The sprocket drum is brass and is stamped 'Patent' but there are no other details.
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