An Original Leitz Box
Leitz
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard, Paper, Velvet?
Measurements
50 mm (Height); 60 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Wetzlar
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525805.2
Summary
An Original Leitz Box, probablet for a lens rather than the extension tube. The cylindrical cardboard box is covered with red paper and the inside is black with a red velvet base. The lid has printed in gold lettering 'Leitz Germany Elmar f-5cm 1:3.5'. The box also contains a single sheet leaflet on Leitz lenses printed in German, French and English.
Makers and roles
Leitz , manufacturer