Dutch Ericsson Rotary Phone

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Just found this one in my storage while looking for something else.

It was made by Dutch Ericsson and this model is from 1931, we call it the "high hat".

[bingster]

Very interesting phone, Remco.  Just as Dreyfuss took his inspiration for our 202 from a French phone, it looks like he may have drawn a great deal of inspiration from this one for our 302.

[Dennis Markham]

Very interesting phone.  The body kind of reminds me of a Kellogg 1000 series (Red Bar).

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This model resembles another Ericsson 1931 model which was used in other countries (e.g. England and Australia).

I will make a photo of the both of them showing that this one is rather high.

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As the story goes Dreyfuss was inspired by the 1931 Ericsson model which was produced by engineer Johann Christian Bjerknes of Elektrisk Bureau and Jean Heiberg, an industrial designer. Elektrisk Bureau was a Norwegian Ericsson subsidiary.

Here is a historical article about the Ericsson 1931 model:
http://tinyurl.com/yb8js5p

Here is a technical article about the Ericsson 1931 model:
http://tinyurl.com/yzua7fg (starts on page 6)

[gpo706]

High hat indeed!

What an extraordinary looking set, fancy giving us a look at the interior, love to see what's packed into the bottom.

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Tomorrow I will try to take a few pictures of the interior and post them here.

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Here are a few pictures of the interior and few for comparison with the "normal" height model.

I noticed that the black Dutch "normal" height model is slightly smaller than the ivory Australian one in my collection.

[Greg G.]

What's that little dome underneath the handset?

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It just a plug to close a hole that is used for a push button on other similar models. The button was used as a so-called earth button which makesit possible to transfer a call on a pax/pabx.

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Here is a picture together with the push button version and a picture together with ivory Australian one.

[mienaichizu]

Hmmmmm..., interesting phones, looks similar to my Ivory Ericsson phone, but mine is smaller.

check out my link:

http://mienaichizu.multiply.com/photos/album/202/LM_Ericsson_in_Ivory_Bakelite#

[mienaichizu]

I also have the same phone in black bakelite

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Ericsson produced a small version with a buzzer and a larger version with a ringer (bell):

[mienaichizu]

will the buzzer will work today? do you have schematics?