Telephone set, hand

Description

Hand telephone set, c. 1900, with the handset on a cradle above the instrument which rests on the magnets of the magneto generator, and designed for table mounting

Museum reference

T.1963.2

Collection

Domestic Life

Object name

Telephone set, hand

Production information

Ericsson, Lars Magnus, 1846 - 1926, Maker
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1900

Materials

Metal, Plastic

Exhibitions

• Communicate (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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