Intercom Phone

19th century

INTERCOM PHONE (American, 19th century) by the Loeffler Phone Co. with a cradled receiver. Originally from Beaulieu, the former Newport Summer residence of General and Mrs. C. Vanderbilt III, the buttons on the circular base are marked with room names such as "MRS. V’S BEDRM" and "GEN. V’S BEDRM."

American

metal

11 1/2" x 7 1/4" x 6"

Gift of Mrs. Wiley T. Buchanan, 1985.

PSNC.98