An empty cardboard box for Gaslight Lantern Plates
Ilford Limited
Category
Ephemera
Date
1895
Materials
Cardboard, Paper
Measurements
25 x 94 x 94 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525309.2
Summary
An empty cardboard box for Gaslight Lantern Plates manufactured by Ilford Ltd, London. The box lid has a white paper label printed in blue ink with the following: "Ilford Gaslight Lantern Plates". Stamped in ink on the base of the box: "6525C Exd 17"
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.
Makers and roles
Ilford Limited, manufacturer