BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL WESTERN ELECTRIC TELEPHONE & RARE BELLS ON WALNUT RINGER BOX. CONSTRUCTION: SOLID BRASS, HARD RUBBER, WALNUT AND STEEL. BRASS POLISHED TO MIRROR FINISH. WESTERN ELECTRIC WALNUT RINGER BOX HAS RARE BELLS. #2-4 WESTERN ELECTRIC DIAL MAKES CLICKING SOUND. NEW FELT BOTTOM COVER. TRANSMITTER MOUTHPIECE HAS IN CENTER. NEW CLOTH RECEIVER AND SUBSET CORDS. READY TO CONNECT TO TELEPHONE CO SERVICE. MODERN MODULAR LINE CORD WILL PLUG INTO MODULAR JACK FOUND IN MOST ALL HOMES. TELEPHONE RINGS WHEN CALLED, ANSWERS AND DIALS CALLS. RESTORED IN MY SHOPS. OVER 50 YEARS RESTORING AND COLLECTING TELEPHONES. OWNER OF THE PREMIER TELEPHONE RESTORATION CO 45 YRS: CHICAGO OLD TELEPHONE CO. This is the earliest dial desk telephone produced by Western Electric division of the Bell system. With a subset containing ringer, induction coil and capacitors. Some were metal and others wood. There was not room. In the telephone for these large components. They were usually fastened to the wall. Western Electric Dial Candlestick Telephones were made of solid brass and painted black. Only very special people were allowed to have a polished brass one. While doing research for the UNTOUCHABLE production and series I discovered a picture of Al Capone talking on a polished brass dial candlestick. I can imagine the fate of a telephone representative telling Al he could not have one. My company CHICAGO OLD TELEPHONE CO supplied over 60 telephones for the productions including a beautiful solid brass one for ALS scenes. In the early days multiple line telephones were not yet developed. Locations requiring more than one line were supplied with several telephones. Some types: COW BELLS, LIBERTY BELLS, SLEIGH BELLS, “T” BELLS, WOOD BELLS, GLASS BELLS, very rare ones like on this telephone and several sizes of round bells. Early #2 dials had the finger stop mounted on the outside of the dial. This prevented their use on later recessed dial. Telephones like the type 202 and others. During WW2 telephones could not be produced for the public so many dials were converted to type 4 and installed on older telephones. You can still see the screw holes on the side of this dial. OTHER AND INTERNATIONAL QUOTED OR ON INVOICE. TELEPHONE WILL BE WELL PACKED AND DOUBLE BOXED IN NEW CARTONS. VIEW MY OTHER TELEPHONES AND ASK QUESTIONS BY CLICKING ON THIS LISTING. The item “WESTERN ELECTRIC 51AL SOLID BRASS CANDLESTICK VERY RARE BELLS WALNUT RINGER BOX” is in sale since Wednesday, September 26, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Radio, Phonograph, TV, Phone\Telephones\Pre-1940″. The seller is “drahcir29″ and is located in Brea, California. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia, New Zealand.
- Brand: WESTERN ELECTRIC
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States