Internal telephone
Category
Historic Services / Communications
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, metal and plastic
Measurements
60 mm (Diameter)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 939556.3
Summary
One of a collection of circular, turned wood, wall-mounted fittings, each with a central push button and metal hook; part of the internal telephone system. A handset would have been suspended from the bottom of each fitting via the hook and would have been attached via a textile-covered cord. This is painted white.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).