This particular phone is Mahagany bakelite. Mahogany was one of the colors you could special order back then.

 
This rather pristine  telephone is rare because most of these did not have 24Kt  gold plated  hardware which could be specially ordered in the 1920s .

  Many had nickel plated or  painted brass bands and some  liked to polish the brass handset bands which was never original.
This is a very good example of art deco. The stylish bakelite Type 38 handset with the spit cup has had its  24KT gold plated bands .
The finger wheel has 24Kt gold plating as as well. All bakelite has been   polished to a high gloss. There is no damage or issues with this rather pristine phone.  The telephone comes with matching black cloth covered cords .
We have been restoring antique telephones for over  20 years and we love what we do and it shows.

This beautuful Mahogany telephone will work as long as your telephone service supports rotary dialing .

If your present service does not support rotary dialing you can purchase our converter  SKU#  PC1  and it will work great .

NOTE: You can order this phone with a  braided extensicord for the handset. If you want this braided extensicord we will bill you  $95 after your purchase 
These extensi cords are very much sought after.  
 
 
  
Thank you.
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