Plate buffer
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Wood, cotton, buckskin
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 25 3/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 7 x 64.5 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Long, rectangular paddle with inner surface covered with cotton padding and buckskin; cylindrical handle made separately and attached with screws; traces of jeweller's rouge on surface of buckskin.
Credit Line:
Purchase, Abbott Fund
Object Number:
1954.231b
Marks:
handwritten in pencil: near short edge of top, on side furthest from handle: "Hands off / this"
Gallery Label:
Buffers such as this one were used to polish daguerreotype plates with jeweller's rouge prior to sensitizing them.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
12799
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate, photography accessory
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/8 x 5 x 3 1/4 in. ( 1 x 12.7 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Rectangular metal plate with canted corners and one end bent upward at a right angle.
Object Number:
INV.375
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
12800
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinfold's Metronome
Classification:
Date:
ca.1890
Medium:
Brass, cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall (metronome): 11 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (29.8 x 8.3 x 3.8 cm)
Box: 1 x 12 x 3 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 30.5 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Brass metronome with tripod base with scrolled ornament; with original cardboard box.
Object Number:
INV.11756[dup]
Marks:
stamped: on one side of metronome gauge: "PRESTO ALLEGRO ANDANTE ADAGIO LARGHETTO LARGO
printed: on top of cardboard box: "Every Music-Seller Should Keep them. Every Musician Should possess one. / 1890. / PINFOLD'S METRONOME / REGISTERED NO. 12445 / Is t
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
12742
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Glass plate, photography accessory
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 x 6 7/8 x 1/8 in. ( 6.7 x 17.5 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Rectangular glass plate.
Object Number:
INV.383
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
12736
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Glass plate camera w/ five plates
Classification:
Date:
1890-1900
Medium:
Wood, metal, glass, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 6 7/8 x 12 1/8 in. ( 16.5 x 17.5 x 30.8 cm )
Description:
Wooden, box-shaped camera with leather laminated to surface and leather strap handle; three double 4 x 5 inch glass negative holders and two 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 inch glass focusing screens in wooden frames inside; lens missing.
Credit Line:
Gift of George E. Stonebridge
Object Number:
1942.70
Marks:
impressed: in leather on inside of hinged panel: "PATENTED / MARCH 29 '87 / MAY 20 '90"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
12735
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Frame, photography accessory
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 11.1 x 7.9 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Rectangular frame with flat face with octagonal cut-out; reverse with rectangular well measuring approximately 2 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches.
Object Number:
INV.379
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
12683
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sensitizing box
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Wood (possibly fruitwood), glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 6 5/8 x 7 in. ( 15.9 x 16.8 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Square wood box with two sides bracketed on top edge to hold sliding bar with dome-shaped knob; clear glass sleeve fits inside box.
Credit Line:
Purchase, Abbott Fund
Object Number:
1954.230b
Marks:
stamped: on edge of box and on center bar: "150"
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this box is of the "early type used for sensitizing the silvered plates by placing face down over the iodine crystals in the glass container."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
12676
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cover, photography accessory
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 6 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. ( 1.9 x 15.6 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Rectangular metal plate with brass knob handle attached to center top.
Object Number:
INV.378
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
12673
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cover, photography accessory
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/8 x 5 3/8 x 4 in. ( 1 x 13.7 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Rectangular cast iron plate with screw in center top.
Object Number:
INV.372
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
12672
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cover, photography accessory
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Metal, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 1.9 x 8.3 x 7 cm )
Description:
Rectangular metal plate with wooden handle attached to top.
Object Number:
INV.382
Gallery Label:
This object may have been used as a template for sizing and cutting daguerrotype plates.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
12671
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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