'Skeleton Type' Ericsson table model telephone

Telephone, 'Skeleton Type' table model telephone, with combined handset, manufactured by L.M. Ericsson & Company, Stockholm, Sweden, 1892-1929. Skeleton shaped telephone that has speaking piece with fretted tubular wooden handle (painted black) joining an elegantly shaped ear and mouth pieces. It has a heavy ornate base with a decorative floral detail. On the left side of this is attached a vertical wheel with winding handle. The cord to mains comes out of left side of slab.