Carbutt's Multum in Parvo Dry Plate Lantern

Carbutt's Multum in Parvo Dry Plate Lantern

Darkroom

Carbutt's Dry Plates

American, estab. 1879

Carbutt's Multum in Parvo Dry Plate Lantern

ca. 1890
Metal, ruby glass, wood, and wax candle
Overall: 17 × 8 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (43.2 × 22.2 × 24.1 cm)
Gift of Frank F. and Mary Sutherland Grevatt, 1964
DescriptionSafety light with candle
Inscriptions Engraved on hinged deflector: [manufacturer's emblem: stylized J overlaying C within modified shield] / CARBUTT'S / MULTUM IN PARVO / DRY PLATE LANTERN / PAT. APRIL 25th, 1882

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