A Priceless Telephone.
The Queen of Spain, by the way. owns what is probably the most elaborate telephone receiver and transmitter in the world. This is made of solid silver, and was presented to her by the employees of the Telephone Company. It is in three pieces. The base is of Louis XV. design, and is surmounted by four Hercules columns, at the foot of which sits a small boy supporting the Spanish Arms. He is in telephonic communication with a prettily modelled English girl, beside whom crouches the British Lion. On the top of the columns a renaissance arch supports two cupids, who hold aloft the microphone. The whole is crowned by the Arras of Spain and England artistically interlaced. The Queen values it as one of her most esteemed possessions.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVII, Issue 25, 22 December 1906, Page 48
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132A Priceless Telephone. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVII, Issue 25, 22 December 1906, Page 48
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