"Antique Tall Walnut Case Wall Telephone L.m. Ericsson Crank Magneto Long Pole"
Telephone set, AB LM Ericsson, figure no. 1 or 3 in the 1889 catalogue, case in walnut, battery cover with lithographed decoration of large national coat of arms. Inside label stating that the phone was refurbished at the Royal Telegraph Office's Workshop 9/12 1910. Made in 1890s by L.M.Ericsson & Co, Stockholm. Size app.: 77 cm high (30”), 30 cm (11,8”) wide and 21,5 cm (8,5”) deep. Very good, age n usage wear, loss of original mouthpiece trumpet, attached crown looks to be from other phone, cracks to long pole earpiece. Please study high-res pictures for cosmetic condition! App. 7,3 kg weight It is going to measure some 10 kg packed for shipment.
The company was founded in 1876 by Lars Magnus Ericsson and is jointly controlled by the Wallenberg family through its holding company Investor AB, and the universal bank Handelsbanken through its investment company Industrivärden. The Wallenbergs and the Handelsbanken sphere acquired their voting-strong A-shares, and thus the control of Ericsson, after the fall of the Kreuger empire in the early 1930s.