Granitine

Taylor, Tunnicliff, & Co.

Hanley

England

Granitine was a trade name for a range of porcelain darkroom products. Advertisements give the introduction date but are not consistent, a date of around 1887 is probably close. Products include: Plate Washer; Developing Tank; Fixing or Alum Tank; Plate Drainer; Dishes; Film Developing Aid; Developing Dish with trough.

References & Notes:

YBP 1887 (Marion); BJA 1892, p. 232.; BJA 1900, pp.396, 1328.; BJA 1901, p. 951.; BJA 1902, p. 336.; BJA 1905, p. 316.; BJA 1908, p. 234.; N&G Cat. 1908, p. 167.

Fixing or Alum Tank

Two, half-plate tanks, one quarter-plate tank.

An alum bath was used after developing the plate and before fixing to harden the emulsion, its use died out in the 1910s.

Improved Rational Plate Washer

Quarter-plate.

Plate Drainer

c.1899

Dishes

One quarter-plate, one 7" x 5".

Stand Developing Tank