The wooden dovetailed oak ringer box has a crank, a crank hole cover and key hole cover.  The crank rings the bells nicely, but otherwise may not be wired properly, and parts may be missing.  The desk set is a 1940s-type plastic non-dial phone with the Bryant Pond Tel. Co. “dial” center.  It, too, may have parts missing, so we advise you to look carefully at the pictures if that is a concern.  When you get them, you will need to unscrew the ringer box and fasten the cord from the phone into it.

Here are the particulars:

RINGER BOX – Western Electric

Marked 300L III40

5 bar magneto marked 48A

3" bells, painted black

DESK SET – AA-1

Receiver: Western Electric F1W

Marked S-7-45

1 Cloth covered cord, 1 plastic covered cord

Leather covered feet

$75 plus shipping

In addition to a ringer box and desk phone, we are adding a signed copy of the book “Everything Happened Around the Switchboard”, written by the son of the owners, as well as a collection of ephemera printed for use by the company and a  telephone book which includes the Bryant Pond numbers.