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  • Model: candlestick
  • Made by: Picart-Lebas
  • From: circa 1900
  • Courtesy of: Pete Blanshard
french picart-lebas candlestick antique telephone

Photo courtesy Pete Blanshard

Notes

This French candlestick has the classic 'mother-in-law' receiver, an innovation which allowed more than one person to listen in on the call at once.

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