Contessa-Nettel Cocarette folding rollfilm camera.
Contessa-Nettel
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1920 - 1930
Materials
Metal, Leather, Glass
Measurements
Closed size 205 x 95 x 40 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524527
Summary
Contessa-Nettel Cocarette folding rollfilm camera. Conastigmat f/6.3 lens. Metal body covered with black leather, and with metal detailing and trim around edges. Black leather bellows. Back of camera is embossed with "Contessa-Nettel". Metal fixings for a handle are present, but handle is missing.
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Contessa-Nettel , manufacturer