Hand vice for polishing daguerreotype plates

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
1845-1855

Hand vice for polishing daguerreotype plates. D shaped wooden handle attached to wooden base; notched brass strips at each corner, one fixed, the others adjustable, fixed by butterfly nuts. For plates approximately 55 x 70mm. With one plate.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/2675
Materials:
wood, brass and tin (metal)
Measurements:
overall: 50 mm x 85 mm x 65 mm,
type:
vice and hand vice
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford