Gramophone
International Talking Machine Company
Category
Leatherwork
Date
1910
Materials
Leather, Metal, Textile, Wood
Measurements
155 mm (H)290 mm (W)370 mm (D)
Place of origin
Germany
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Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1400766
Summary
Wind-up gramophone. Red mock leather-covered case. Stainless steel arm. Red velvet-covered turntable. Speed regulator. Catch at front and wind-up mechanism. Red leather carry handle on side/top. Label inside lid 'Odeon, Made in Germany, Orion'. Labels on outside 'Dollar Steramship Line, SS President; Galle Face Hotel, Colombo, Ceylon; ... Hotel, Sydney; Union Line, Sydney; Alexandria'. Two luggage tags on handle 'Dollar Steamship Line - R.K. Cremer; Cox and Kings (Agents) Ltd, 13 Regent St, Pall Mall, London SW1; /r.K. Cremer, Cromer, Norfolk'. The Odeon record players were manufactured in Germany by the International Talking Machine Company from 1904. This Odeon Orion Portable Grampohone was manufactured c.1910.
Makers and roles
International Talking Machine Company