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Wooden Pyramid Phone

Started by FABphones, July 02, 2021, 03:34:15 AM

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FABphones

Screenshots taken from the online auction.

Doesn't appear to have a makers mark.

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FABphones

Screenshot of underneath, and seller description.
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david@london

Just a guess, but maybe a one-off fabrication, with wooden switch-hook, AE dial + handset?
Letters/numbers appear to be applied transfers/decals, over-varnished?

Jim Stettler

I saw this auction, My thought was it could of been made by Paul Nelson Industries or a similar company.

Basically small batch designer telephone.
Just a guess,
Jim
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paul-f

I have owned and sold several over the years, including the model with attached lamp. I don't recall seeing any maker identification, but did find a reference on page 14 of this catalog in the TCI Library:

https://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php/search?q=%22the+telephone+store%22
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FABphones

Quote from: paul-f on July 03, 2021, 12:51:26 AM
...a reference on page 14 of this catalog in the TCI Library:

https://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php/search?q=%22the+telephone+store%22

Thanks for adding the link Paul. That little sales catalogue is really worth a look through. Telephone models I have seen before and plenty that I haven't.

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Here's what it had to say about the Pyramid telephone:
'#8070 WOODEN PYRAMID The Egyptian look is "IN''. This phone provides a focal point for the new decorator look'.
A collector of  'Monochrome Phones with Sepia Tones'   ...and a Duck!
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Vintage Phones - 10% man made, 90% Tribble
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paul-f

Quote from: FABphones on July 03, 2021, 01:59:20 AM
Thanks for adding the link Paul. That little sales catalogue is really worth a look through. Telephone models I have seen before and plenty that I haven't.

You're welcome. An interesting "some day" project would be to annotate some of the retail catalogs of that era to note the manufacturers of the phones listed. This catalog includes Teleconcepts, Northern Electric, DecoTel/ATC, ITT, Telcer, AE, North/Ericsson, and others.
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280Parka

Wasn't that about the time when the King Tut exhibit was touring through the US?