Photographic plate holder
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
128 mm (Width) x 6 mm (Depth); 127 mm (Length)
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Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1545265.2
Summary
A wooden rectangular piece of kit for single plate holder (CMS number 1545265.1), with a oval shaped internal aperture. Note the silver nitrate stains along the lower edge. This would indicate that the plate holder was probably used for the wet collodion process.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.