Aldis Butcher projection lens for a Optiscope No.10 lantern slide projector.
Ensign Limited
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Glass
Measurements
75 mm (Diameter); 105 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525263.2
Summary
Aldis Butcher projection lens for a Optiscope No.10 lantern slide projector. Black metal barrel objective lens with helical focus system. The outside of the barrel stamped in white Aldis - Butcher projection lens. Around the end of the lens stamped in white Aldis – Butcher projection lens, 10inch focus No 145291.
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