Antique Candlestick Dial Telephone w Ringer Box WORKS!

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Presented for your consideration this antique brass candlestick telephone with ringer box. Just plug it in and you are talking on a genuine antique telephone. We tested it, and were able to dial and and receive a call. The candlestick phone is brass and has a dial. Back of the mouthpiece says PATENTED IN U.S.A. NOVEMBER 1910 . There is the number 51AI on the back of the neck. Patent dates around the bottom rim of the base are JAN 26 15 / JAN 1 18 / MAY 7 18 / SEPT 21 20. The center of the dial says AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES, LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE BELL SYSTEM. The box has been rewired to work with today's contemporary hookup and has both a modern cord and two brown fabric covered cords (see photos). A new ringer has been put inside the box and the ring comes from within. The condition is excellent, no dents on the brass. No cracks or chips to the black earpiece. The phone came from the estate of a man who like to restore old phones, this one has a nice finish and the brass is bright and shiny, but could use a touch up. Please take a close look at the photos as they are an important part of this description. You are buying this phone in as found condition. Most of the items we sell are estate finds, and are presented to you in, as is, as found condition. They are described to the best of read more

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