A paraffin burner
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1860 - 1880
Materials
Glass, Metal, Fabric
Measurements
75 mm (Height); 60 mm (Diameter)
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525284.3
Summary
A paraffin burner. The unit is glass with a metal top and a wick.
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