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OBJECT TYPE: PLATE/BELLOWS
DATE: 1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0364.001

MANUFACTURER: Contessa Nettel
MODEL: ADORO TROPICAL
LOCATION: Stuttgart, Germany

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General Information

Serial #: 526665
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 8
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: TEAK WOOD BODY CASE - LACQUERED/ METAL LENS SUPPORT AND BED, LATTER COVERED WITH LEATHER/ LEATHER CAMERA CASE AND PLATE-HOLDER CASE/ CLOTH BELLOWS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 13.4 cm
Width: 6.0 cm
Height: 13.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Still cameras
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Contessa
Country: Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Stuttgart

Context

Country: Europe
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO PRODUCE STILL PHOTOS.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF THE SO-CALLED "TROPICAL" MODELS PRODUCED IN LIMITED NUMBERS BY SOME MANUFACTURERS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: CAMERA: SHUTTER WITH FULL MANUAL ADJUSTMENTS LISTED. 'Contessa Nettel' STAMPED INTO LEATHER BACK, AND IN METAL CAMERA BED/ 'SYNCHRO-COMPUR-P' & SCALE SURROUND LENS/ 'Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 1:4.5/ 105/ 3089302' INCISED AROUND LENS/ 'GERMANY 7980463' STAMPED INTO LENS HOUSING/ '12V/C.N. 134' IN- CISED IN U-SHAPED METAL FRAME ON CAMERA FRONT/ SN '526665' STAMPED INTO WOODEN FRAME, AT CAMERA BACK/ 'KALART SYNCHRONIZED RANGE FINDER' & SN 'A97677' INCISED IN RANGEFINDER/ CASE: CO. LOGO, AND ‘ERNEMANN' STAMPED IN LOWER RIGHT FRONT CORNER
Missing: HALF SILVERED MIRROR IN FINDER NEEDS RESILVERING.
Finish: CLEAR LACQUERED WOOD/ ALL INSIDE METAL SURFACES GLOSS BLACK WITH NICKLE TRIM/ OUTSIDE METAL PARTS COVERED IN WINE COLORED LEATHER/ BELLOWS ARE LIGHT BROWN COLOURED./ STORED IN BLACK, PEBBLE-TEXTURED CASE
Decoration: CONTESSA-NETTAL LOGO ON LENS SUPPORT BASE AND BOTH THE PACK-FILM HOLDER AND FOCUSING SCREEN.

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Contessa Nettel, Camera, circa 1925, Artifact no. 1986.0364, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1986.0364.001/

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