Lantern Slide Cover Glasses in Parcel

11 cardboard boxes containing 224 transparent glass panes for lantern slides. It also contains a grey envelope including a handwritten letter addressed to G. B. Mason detailing photography related topics; a course brochure from: “ATTINGHAM PARK| THE SHORPSHIRE ADULT COLLEGE| Warden: SIR GEORGE TREVELYAN, Bt,, M.A.| Short Residential Courses| SUMMER 1959|”; loose pages from a magazine including colour and black and white pictures; and a fragment of tracing paper with a pencil design. There is also a narrow brown envelope addressed to B. Mason, Esq. M. B. E., which is empty.

1. Cube-shaped cardboard box, written on lid: “SPECIALIST” LANTERN SLIDE MASKS, 150 MASKS. […] “This box contains No. 11”; containing 25 transparent square-shaped glass panes in 1 and 2 mm of thickness. 10 (2mm) and 15 (1mm).

2. Cube-shaped cardboard box, written on lid: "ELLIOT & SONS LTD LANTERN TRANSPARENCY BARNET PLATE FOR WARM OR COLD TONES| INSTRUCTIONS ENCLOSED| WORKS, BARNET, HERTS.”, containing 14 transparent square-shaped glass panes in 2 mm of

thickness.

3.Cube-shaped cardboard box, written on lid: ”Paget PLATES| SLOW LANTERN |WARM TONE| […]|

Manufactured by Paget Prize Plate Co.: Watford, England. MADE IN ENGLAND.” Stamped in black ink on base “Exd 24 and 6518D, containing 22 transparent square-shaped glass

panes in 2 mm of thickness.

4.Cube-shaped cardboard box, written on lid: ”Paget PLATES| SLOW LANTERN |WARM TONE| […]| Manufactured by Paget Prize Plate Co.: Watford, England. MADE IN

ENGLAND.” Stamped in black ink on base “Exd 10 and 688A; containing 25 transparent square-shaped

glass panes in 2 mm of thickness. White label on side of lid reads: “Cover Glasses”.

5.Cube-shaped cardboard box, written on lid: ”Paget PLATES| SLOW LANTERN |WARM TONE| […]| Manufactured by Paget Prize Plate Co.: Watford, England. MADE IN

ENGLAND.” Stamped in black ink on base “Exd 24 and 8833D”, containing 17 transparent square-shaped glass panes in 2 mm of thickness. White label on side of lid reads: “Cover Glasses”.

6.Cube-shaped cardboard box, written on lid: ”Paget PLATES| SLOW LANTERN |WARM TONE| […]| Manufactured by Paget Prize Plate Co.: Watford, England. MADE IN

ENGLAND.” Stamped in black ink on base “Exd 17 and 6586D”, containing 42 transparent square-shaped glass panes in 2 mm of thickness.

7.Cube-shaped cardboard box, written on lid: ”Paget PLATES| SLOW LANTERN |WARM TONE| […]| Manufactured by Paget Prize Plate Co.: Watford, England. MADE IN

ENGLAND.” Handwritten on lid” “DUP”. Stamped in black ink on base “Exd 17 and 6572A”, containing 20 transparent square-shaped glass panes in 2 mm of thickness. White label on side of lid reads: “Cover Glasses”.

8.Cube-shaped cardboard box, written on lid: ”WARM BACK LANTERN PLATES| FOR CONTACT AND REDUCTION| […] ILFORD LIMITED, ILFORD, LONDON, ENGLAND.” Stamped in black ink on base “Exd 24 and 6683A”, containing 16 transparent square-shaped glass panes in 2 mm of thickness.

9.Cube-shaped cardboard box, written on lid: ”WARM BACK LANTERN PLATES| FOR CONTACT AND REDUCTION| […] ILFORD LIMITED, ILFORD, LONDON, ENGLAND Stamped in black ink on base “Exd 23 and 6676E”, containing 22 transparent square-shaped glass panes in 2 mm and 1 mm of thickness. White label on side of lid reads: “Cover Glasses”.

10.Cube-shaped cardboard box, written on lid: ”WARM BACK LANTERN PLATES| FOR CONTACT AND REDUCTION| […] ILFORD LIMITED, ILFORD, LONDON, ENGLAND.” Stamped in black ink on base “Exd 4 and 8730C”, containing 21 transparent square-shaped glass panes in 2 mm and 1mm of thickness.

11. Cube-shaped cardboard box, written on lid: ”WARM BACK LANTERN PLATES| FOR CONTACT AND REDUCTION| […] ILFORD LIMITED, ILFORD, LONDON, ENGLAND.” Stamped in black ink

on base “Exd 4 and 8730C”, containing 20 transparent square-shaped glass panes in 2 mm and 1mm of thickness. White label on side of lid reads: “Cover Glasses”.