Violin Phone Mounted In Lamp

In the genealogy of the telephone industry, the Industrial Telephone Company became in 1894 the heir to the Telephone Company created in 1880 which became the following year the General Telephone Company (SGT), which operated the town telephone network. French until the nationalization of its telephone network in 1889. It then concentrated on the industrial manufacture of telephone equipment. The assets of the SIT will be taken over by the Compagnie Industrielle des Téléphones - CIT, which became CIT-Alcatel in 1968.
This “The Violin” model dated 1904 is the first telephone to have the “pick up / hang up” function thanks to its mechanism, but also to have an aesthetic shape. The earpiece is a Type 3 receiver manufactured by ADER and has serial number 472308 with built-in magnet and 150 ohm coil. The microphone bears the number 53055 in the M.N. series of the SIT.
This phone has all its original features and has been mounted as a lamp in an elegant and decorative way. The lamp works perfectly and gives off a beautiful mood light above the varnished wood of the phone.
The lampshade (optional) measures 41x29 x h27 cm