Internal telephone
General Electric Co.
Category
Historic Services / Communications
Date
1909
Materials
bakelite and metal
Measurements
195 mm (H)225 mm (W)237 mm (D)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246370
Summary
A House phone or Parlour phone. With only 5 selection buttons, still connected in Mrs Greville's boudoir
Full description
This internal phone has a painted wooden base with screws showing at the corners showing. The wooden base is walnut. The hand set is bulky and the metal stand is functional, the wire is frayed. The pointer has 5 buttons to select from, there are two similar wall internal phones, also still wired in. It might have been painted at the same time as all the panelling in the Boudoir.
Makers and roles
General Electric Co., company