Art Deco Ericsson England 332 Mark I Desk Dial Phone Start Price USD 154.99 Current Price USD 154.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 159.99 Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, August 25, 2008 End Time Monday, September 01, 2008 Location Pompano Beach, Florida See more about 'Art Deco Ericsson England 332 Mark I Desk Dial Phone' Description Antique Ericsson 332 Bakelite Telephone With Chrome Siemens Dial ORIGINAL CLOTH Handset Cord and New Modular Plug Line Cord. Works.   ANTIQUE ERICCSON ENGLAND 332 MARK I BLACK BAKELITE TELEPHONE WITH CHROME SIEMENS DIAL Original CLOTH Handset Cord and New Modular Plug Line Cord. WORKS!   Click Photo to Enlarge   You are bidding on a classic English made Ericsson Model 332 Mark I Black Bakelite Rotary Desk Dial Telephone in good working condition. This fine telephone instrument comes with its original, brown cloth covered handset cord and a standard line cord with modular plug. It works and is ready to be used in your home or office today! This telephone was produced in England by Ericsson for the Post Office which owned and licensed the telephone franchise. The phone was first designed by Ericsson in 1931 and went into production as the Ericsson Type 31 in Sweden. Siemens began producing it in England under license in 1932. Click Photo to Enlarge The interior of this phone is very clean and works quite well. Unlike so many of its comtemporaries, it has NOT been unfairly molested and then forcibly converted to work on the current "approved" proprietary English telephone system. No. This phone is in its original configuration and, despite a hankering to drive on the left hand side of the road, drink too much ale, smoke incessantly, hang out in pubs and watch too much soccer or as the Continentals (pick one or the other) say, "football" on the 'tele' (Manchester United!!!! Hoo Hoo Hoo!!!!) it is a cool-looking all around nice, Art Deco phone from across the Atlantic pond from an island one sixth the population of the United States. True, England evokes contradictory images of butlers on the one hand and spiked hair punk rockers on the other, but despite the stylistic differences this phone design endured from long before the outbreak of WWII until the 1960's. So in the American parlance of our day, "the phone aint bad lookin". Click Photo to Enlarge The schematic for this telephone instrument is glued to the inside of the base plate of the telephone. Click Photo to Enlarge The handset is in good condition. It is made by Ericsson and is marked Ericsson England. It was probably made at the ETELCO plant at Beeston, Notts. Unlike so many GPO/GEC telephones that I've received over time, the handset is marked Ericsson. Usually it is marked with the model number handset and year of production. This has no such markings on it. There is a hairline crack on the earcap but I do not have a nicer one to replace it with. There is also some flea bite nicking around the cradle from ordinary use. The nicking is not readily visible except upon close inspection. Otherwise the bakelite is in very nice shape. The chrome fingerwheel is in good condition, and the dial center contains real new old stock paper and a new old stock celluloid window. These dial center cards are hard to get unless you get a copy. I put an original in as I was fortunate enough to buy a half dozen or so a year ago from a seller in Australia. Click Photo to Enlarge This art deco phone is so interesting and desireable as a collector's item in the US. Its an interesting design that dates back to 1931 when its first concept drawings were thought out, and I believe went into full-tilt production in 1932 in London because HRH, the Prince of Wales loved the darn thing so much. Anyway, regardless of what the late Royal Highness liked or disliked, the phone caught on and stayed in active production for decades until the late 1950's and early 1960's or so. You might say this was the Western Electric 302 of British Empire and its commonwealth. We have our "I love Lucy" phone, this would be the "Lizzie" version. Click Photo to Enlarge The phone is undated. I can find no other dates anywhere. I did have to replace the transmitter capsule which was missing. There is some surface rust on the underside of the baseplate. The feet are functional so you don't have to replace them and they work fine and are semi soft. Click Photo to Enlarge Happy bidding and thank you for checking out this unique auction. BEFORE BIDDING PLEASE READ THE "LEGAL" PRINT! (1) This (these) item(s) are sold "as is" with all faults, no refunds and no warranties of any kind whatsoever! (2) The item(s) offered for bids are the actual item(s) in the picture connected with this listing. 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