Dec. 6th & 7th 2014 Fine & Decorative Arts Sale (33)
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/6/2014
This is a really neat desk set. Rather than having a traditional switch hook to hold the receiver, instead the watch case receiver has a peg on the back and the peg fits into a spring loaded slot on the post of the telephone. It may have been designed to get around the Bell switch hook patent or maybe it was just a novel idea to build a more efficient telephone. The transmitter has no markings and, although it is sitting on a familiar base, the maker is unknown. Never seen another like it, but all the working parts are there, so consider this one extremely rare.
Item Dimensions: 10" T.