Consolidated Telephone Company Desk Telephone

This Consolidated Telephone Company magneto desk telephone was designed for use with a manual network and has a local battery system. It is rectangular in shape with the upper section, consisting of a fixed mouthpiece with a circular mica membrane and a small metal lock, slanting downwards. In the central section of the body, there are three metal plates with information about the manufacturer and a small metal lock. On the left, there are two metal pins to which are attached telephone wires covered in textile fibre that attach at the other end to a tubular ebonite earpiece. On this side is also located the earpiece rest and, on the right, the crank. At the rear are two bronze bells of different tones and five metal pins to attach the respective wires, identified by the letters Z (zinc), C (copper), L (line) and E (earth). The body of the device is made of brown wood, while the earpiece cradle, crank and mouthpiece are made of metal. The earpiece itself is made of black ebonite. It was used on the Anglo Portuguese Telephone (PAT) networks.