Scioptic ball.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Mahogany, Glass
Measurements
85 x 152 x 152 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525274
Summary
Scioptic ball with two lenses in spherical mount with mahogany socket and square surround. The two lenses are mounted in the ball which can be rotated and tilted within the frame. These instruments were used for directing light into optical instruments.
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