A glass kaleidoscope disc.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, Metal, Acetate
Measurements
5 mm (Depth); 83 mm (Diameter)
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525287.6
Summary
A glass kaleidoscope disc Glass disc with metal raised centre. Comprising of two pieces of glass of which one piece (the clear glass) is loose and there is signs that small paper tabs have been used to attach it to the other part of the disc. On the other piece of the disc a paper disc has been stuck. This has black and white stripes radiating out from the centre.
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.