A Scarce AC 440/420 Crank Desk Phone by L.M Ericsson & Co Stockholm c.1917 poa-item of Italian 16th Century style

of Italian 16th Century style though almost certainly created in the eighteenth century

In base form

and although numbered

It is loose on its stretcher

A Scarce AC 440/420 Crank Desk Phone by L.M Ericsson & Co Stockholm c.1917 poa-item of Italian 16th Century styleOrigin: Swedish Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1917 Height: 12 Width: 7. 5 Depth: 5 The wonderfully original and attractive hand crank desk or table phone by L. M Ericsson & Co Stockholm, the ebonised wooden case with gilt transfer chinoiserie type detailing and central logo with skeletal clock, the whole with its original cord, hand crank wind mechanism and handset sitting on bun feet and surviving from the first quarter of