Electric lamp holder associated to the Optiscope No.10 lantern slide projector.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Brass, Fabric, Rubber, Bakelite, Ceramic
Measurements
84 x 110 x 55 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525263.3
Summary
Electric lamp holder associated to the Optiscope No.10 lantern slide projector. Brass construction lamp holder with a cast metal mount with 2 knurled brass bolts with a length of rubber and fabric insulated 3 core flex to a small 3 round pin plug. A wrapping enclosed with the Optiscope suggests this was used with a Mazda lamp photoflood No 1 220/230volt 500watt.
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.