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Glass Plate Containers and Glass Plates

Inventory Number 14719


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.14719

Item type
Object
Provenance
Donated by Anne Charles and Peter Knox-Shaw on 17 June 2015.
Physical material
Card
Paper
Glass
Dimensions
Height: 22mm Width: 117mm Depth: 54mm Weight: 5kg
Inventory No
14719
Accession Number
2015-5/13

Description

A collection of ten glass plate containers and slides, two are sealed and still containing plates. Belonging to Harold Knox-Shaw.

.1 - Cardboard box with lid for Ilford Special Rapid Plates. Empty. Red label to top of lid with printed information regarding developing. Contains two sheets of black tissue paper. Pencil numbers written on lid ’4.5-4.19’;

.2 - Cardboard box with lid for Ilford Special Rapid Plates. Empty. Red label to top of lid with printed information regarding developing. Contains two sheets of black tissue paper. Pencil numbers written on lid ’6.13-7.8’;

.3 - Cardboard box with lid for Ilford Special Rapid Plates. Empty. Red label to top of lid with printed information regarding developing. Contains two sheets of black tissue paper. Pencil numbers written on lid ’8.5-8.20’;

.4 - Cardboard box with lid for Ilford Special Rapid Plates. Empty. Red label to top of lid with printed information regarding developing. Contains one sheet of black tissue paper. Pencil numbers written on lid ’7.9-8.4’;

.5 – Cardboard box with lid for Ilford Special Lantern Plates. Empty. White and blue label to top of lid. Contains two sheets of black tissue paper. Pencil numbers written on lid ’1. 1-16’;

.6 - Cardboard box with lid for Ilford Special Lantern Plates. Empty. White and blue label to top of lid. Contains two sheets of black tissue paper. Pencil numbers written on lid ’5. 1-16’;

.7 - Cardboard box with lid for Ilford Special Lantern Plates. Empty. White and blue label to top of lid. Contains two sheets of black tissue paper. Pencil numbers written on lid ’10.13-11.9’;

.8 - A packet containing twelve Ilford Special Lantern Plates. The plates are wrapped and sealed in an unopened brown parcel. Blue and white branded label to two sides of packet.

.9 - A packet containing twelve Ilford Special Lantern Plates. The plates are wrapped and sealed in an unopened brown parcel. Blue and white branded label to two sides of packet.

.10 - Cardboard box for glass plates. Covered in black paper. Consists of three sections – an inner container and two outer halves that slot into each other. Unbranded.