IanG
5-Jan-2016, 11:34
I bought this shutter along with some others aboiut 2 or 3 months ago, it appears to be quite unique having a completely different spring control mechanism to other Thornton Pickard roller blind shutters.
http://lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/strange-tp1_md.jpg
http://lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/strange-tp2_md.jpg
http://lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/strange-tp3_md.jpg
http://lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/strange-tp4_md.jpg
It's a front mounting shutter (6cm/2.375")with basically one speed and well as T, it's extremely smooth compared to other TP shutters, it's marked "Time" and Patent, the usual TP shutters are Time & Inst, or Snapshot and there's also a Studio shutter as well all in a similar range of case sizes. It appears to be quite a late shutter as the curtain etc are in excellent condition. Although the Ltd company ceased trading befeor WWII there was still a workshop repairing TP cameras and making new shutters up until the very late 1950s.
If anyone has any information about this particular shutter I'd appreciate some help, I've asked the one person who I thought might know and he's never seen or heard of this version.
Ian
http://lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/strange-tp1_md.jpg
http://lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/strange-tp2_md.jpg
http://lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/strange-tp3_md.jpg
http://lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/strange-tp4_md.jpg
It's a front mounting shutter (6cm/2.375")with basically one speed and well as T, it's extremely smooth compared to other TP shutters, it's marked "Time" and Patent, the usual TP shutters are Time & Inst, or Snapshot and there's also a Studio shutter as well all in a similar range of case sizes. It appears to be quite a late shutter as the curtain etc are in excellent condition. Although the Ltd company ceased trading befeor WWII there was still a workshop repairing TP cameras and making new shutters up until the very late 1950s.
If anyone has any information about this particular shutter I'd appreciate some help, I've asked the one person who I thought might know and he's never seen or heard of this version.
Ian