General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ BAKELITE MOUTHPIECE/ FABRIC COVERED WIRE/ SYNTHETIC? EARPIECE/ WOOD TABLE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

16.5 cm

Width

14.5 cm

Height

28.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telephony

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

NORTHERN ELECTRIC

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THROUGH 1910'S & 1920'S & COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO THE 1950'S

Canada

MADE & USED IN CANADA

Function

TELEPHONE USED AS A DESK SET WITH SUB-SET FOR OPERATION ON A MAGNETO OR MANUAL SYSTEM.

Technical

KNOWN AS THE "CANDLESTICK" OR "DAFFODIL" WAS INTRODUCED IN 1910 & BECAME THE STANDARD FOR THE NEXT 25 YRS. THE "SUB SET" HELD THE MAGNETO & THE VARIOUS RESISTORS, COILS & CAPACITORS THAT HAD BEEN INSIDE THE EARLIER & LARGER WALL TELEPHONES. BATTERIES WERE IN A CONTAINER USUALLY LOCATED UNDER THE DESK.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE LETTERING ON TELEPHONE BASE READS 'NORTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED'/ SAME MFR'S NAME INCISED ON BACK OF MOUTHPIECE CASING/ SAME MFR'S NAME IN RAISED LETTERING ON EARPIECE, WITH '144'/ '20-AL' STAMPED ON BACK OF SWIVEL

Missing

Needs its counterpart .002 Sub-set to be a complete unit.

Finish

BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ BLACK MOUTHPIECE/ BROWN EARPIECE/ RED & BROWN FABRIC/ WOOD TABLE

Decoration

N/A