Telephone
Sterling Telephone and Electric Co. Ltd.
Category
Historic Services / Communications
Date
Unknown
Materials
wood and metal
Measurements
190 mm (H)260 mm (W)220 mm (D)
Place of origin
London
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246384
Summary
Old telephone on wooden base. Inscribed STERLING TELEPHONE and ELECTRIC CO. LTD., LONDON.
Full description
Old telephone on wooden base. Inscribed STERLING TELEPHONE and ELECTRIC CO. LTD., LONDON. Sterling was one of Marconi’s associated companies and had its factory at Dagenham, where it employed about 2000 people. In August 1925, Sterling was taken over by Marconi, who moved their headquarters to Tottenham Court Road. Around 1934, the General Electric Company (GEC) took over the whole of the manufacture and sale of domestic telephones of the Sterling Telephone and Electric Co. Ltd.
Marks and inscriptions
BRITISH MADE (inscribed on plaque of side)
Makers and roles
Sterling Telephone and Electric Co. Ltd.