Solid built wooden box with internal divisions.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1949
Materials
Metal, Wood
Measurements
340 x 123 x 407 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525260.11
Summary
Solid built wooden box with internal divisions. Internal surfaces appear to have been sprayed with some kind of flock finish to protect to contents. The internal colour is green. The box is a briefcase style opening where the whole of one side forms the lid, it is hinged to the bottom of the box and has a stay/restrain strap. It closes by means of 2 hooks and pin closures and on the top of the box are 2 strong metal staples holding a leather carrying handle.
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.