Internal telephone
Category
Historic Services / Communications
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, metal and textile
Measurements
240 x 130 mm
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 939574
Summary
Internal telephone consisting of a wooden backplate designed to be wall-mounted, on which is fixed a bell hammer and metal spring which would have held a metal bell. Parts of the telephone workings are present though the cover which would presumably have protected them, is missing. There is no mouth- or earpiece present.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).