Stromberg Carlson 1243 - White Antique Phones Ivory Northern Telecom "Dawn" telephone

Ivory Northern Telecom "Dawn" telephone

Base – The base is carefully sand blasted and rewrapped with super soft pig skin white suede leather to ensure it does not damage the table it proudly sits on

Here is a great piece of working vintage décor

the first versions had a die-cast zinc housing and were changed during the War to a thermoplastic housing

Shell – The shell has been professionally chrome plated and will not peel like most home plating

Stromberg Carlson 1243 - White Antique Phones Ivory Northern Telecom "Dawn" telephoneHistory The Stromberg Carlson 1243 is a great example of 1940's design. Introduced as a direct competitor to the Western Northern Electric 302, the 1243 also has a similar physical design. Like the 302, the 1243 contains the ringer and induction coil within the phone thereby eliminating the need for a separate subscriber set or bell box that was common in earlier phones. The RRRING of this phone is a real attention grabber that will bring back