'Silvertown Set' telephone with Blake transmitter, 1879-1890

'Silvertown Set' telephone with Blake transmitter, 1879-1890 'Silvertown Set' telephone with Blake transmitter, 1879-1890 'Silvertown Set' wall telephone, India Rubber 'Silvertown Set' wall telephone, India Rubber 'Silvertown Set' wall telephone, India Rubber

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'Silvertown Set' wall telephone, India Rubber
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

'Silvertown Set' wall telephone, India Rubber
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

'Silvertown Set' wall telephone, India Rubber
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

'Silvertown Set' wall telephone, India Rubber, Gutta-Percha and Telegraph Works Company, Silvertown, London, 1879-1880. With Blake transmitter, trembler bell, push button and switch hook, and stamped "National Telephone Co. Ltd.".

Details

Category:
Telecommunications
Object Number:
1915-203
Materials:
wood (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy), copper (alloy), ivory, plastic (unidentified), metal (unknown) and textile
Measurements:
overall: 325 mm x 195 mm x 125 mm, 2.23 kg
type:
telephone
credit:
Donated by the General Post Office