A pack of Gravura satin gaslight photographic paper by the Paget Prize Plate Company Ltd
Paget Prize Plate Company Ltd
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1910 - 1920
Materials
Cardboard, Paper, Photographic paper
Measurements
13 x 105 x 75 mm
Place of origin
Watford
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525383
Summary
A pack of Gravura satin gaslight photographic paper by the Paget Prize Plate Company Ltd, Watford. Unsealed brown card wallet of 12 pieces of photographic paper size 3½" x 2½", wrapped in black paper. Stamped in blue ink on the pack: "Satin Gaslight Paper. Vigorous." Other information printed on the pack includes: "Open only in yellow light, or very subdued daylight. Full instructions enclosed. 12 pieces. "Gravura". 6d. Manufactured by Paget Prize Plate Co., Watford, England. Proprietors: The Amalgamated Photographic Manufacturers Ltd"." Retailer's details stamped on the underside: "J.J. Rothwell, Photographic Dealer, 56 Princes Street, Stockport".
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
Paget Prize Plate Company Ltd, manufacturer