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 metal 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

5 bar magneto marked Western Electric 48A

2 1/2" bells, painted black

DESK SET – H-1

Receiver: Bell System mfg by Western Electric F1

Marked 6/41

1 Cloth covered cords, 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.