Piccolette Model B camera

The Piccolette is a strut-folding camera for eight 4×6.5 cm exposures on 127 film, made from 1919 by Contessa-Nettel in Stuttgart. It is a close design adaptation of the Vest Pocket Kodak of 1912.

This is a Model B, which has a brillant viewfinder incorporated into the top right corner of the front standard. The inscription ‘Piccolette’ occurs below the lens/shutter unit and a manufacturer’s logo appears at the top left of the standard.

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