Rare Antique Contessa-Nettel Tropical Plate Photo Camera. Germany, Circa 1920 Rare antique Contessa-Nettel Tropical Plate photo camera made in Germany circa 1920 and in excellent condition. It preserves all it original component parts and pieces, from the beautiful solid-mahogany case to the leather bellow, the lens and the delicate mechanism. This camera is designed to be used with 6,5x9 plates, being otherwise in good working order. There are several inscriptions all over the camera with details about the component parts and their makers. The bellows has a label with the name WATER TALBOT – BERLIN, while the brown-leather-covered front plate shows the embossed brand name CONTESSA-NETTEL. The lens shows this too, together with the shutter’s brand name, COMPUR. Compur shutters were quite renowned; they were manufactured by F. Deckel in Munich. One of the case’s sides has a black plate with a regulation lever and the logo of the Contessa-Nettel brand. I think I left nothing in the description but if I forgot something, I'll be glad to answer any questions.
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