Case for hydrometer
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1885 - 1910
Materials
Wood, Brass, Ivorine
Measurements
57 x 223 x 60 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525281.2
Summary
A case for the hydrometer. The case is wooden and there are three internal supports on which the instrument rests. There are two brass fasteners and an ivorine plate 'Joseph Long, Scientific Instrument Maker, 43 Eastcheap London EC'.
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