Bidspirit auction | Reproduction Skeletal Eiffel Tower Style

Reproduction Skeletal Eiffel Tower Style Push Button Telephone - A reproduction decorative desk telephone designed in the form of a late 19th-century skeletal Eiffel Tower magneto telephone. The body is constructed of cast metal with an antiqued brass and black finish, mounted with a dummy side-crank mechanism, exposed base bells, and faux magneto coils. The cradle supports a horizontal handset connected by a woven brown cord. The front features a modern push-button keypad arranged in a faux rotary circle, with numbered buttons from 1 through 9, *, 0, and #. The central cast metal medallion features an impressed image of a telephone flanked by 1892 and USA, encircled by the text reading Antique Collection Classic Series. Small crown crests are cast into the brass-tone supports of the frame. Height: 11 inches to the handsetWidth: 10 1/2 inches including crankDepth: 6 inches across base.