Photographic plate holder
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, brass, ivory
Measurements
102 mm (Width) x 11 mm (Depth); 151 mm (Length)
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Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1545267.1
Summary
Double sided plate holder for dry plates. The sides are numbered 1 and 2 on small round pieces of ivory(?).The camera that would have used this plate holder is not known from any in the Talbot collections. Almost certainly used by Charles or Matilda Talbot.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.