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Photographic Apparatus and Chemical Preparations
Catalogue
Messrs Bland & Long -
1856
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Mercury
Boxes
©
Reproduced
by courtesy of Edinburgh Photographic Society
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The item above is described in Messrs
Bland & Long's catalogue as:
Mercury Box |
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Mercury
Boxes
Two types of mercury box were sold -
described as follows:
Mercury Box
French pattern, walnut wood
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Mercury Box
(illustrated above)
French pattern, walnut wood
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For plates 4.25 ins x
3.25 ins, and under |
£2 5s 0d |
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For plates 6.5 ins
x 4.75 ins, and under |
£3 0s 0d |
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For plates 8.5 ins
x 6.5 ins, and under |
£2 5s 0d |
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Mercury
Boxes of improved construction
With window and yellow glass,
for viewing the picture during the action of the mercury.
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For plates 4.25 ins x
3.25 ins, and under |
£1 1s 0d |
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For plates 6.5 ins
x 4.75 ins, and under |
£1 7s 6d |
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For plates 8.5 ins
x 6.5 ins, and under |
£1 15s 0d |
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