Tin box
Edison Bell
Category
Sound & vision devices & media
Date
1900 - 1950
Materials
Tin
Measurements
8 x 40 x 31 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1275660.1
Summary
A small metal tin containing Edison Bell gramophone needles, with a thin paper label securing the lid marked 25 Sympathetic Needles"
Provenance
Part of the Bernard Shaw Collection. Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1950 by George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950).
Marks and inscriptions
Lid: DOUBLE ...5 POINT / EDISON BELL / SYMPATHETIC CHROMIC / LOUD MEDIUM SOFT / SEMIPERMENANT NEEDLES / PLAY 40 RECORDS / PATENT APPLIED FOR
Makers and roles
Edison Bell, manufacturer