Automatic Electric No. 3 - Black with Brass Trim Antique Phones The plane body is light

The plane body is light orange on top and dark orange on the bottom with a clear propeller

Interestingly

Both the green handset and line cord are original to the piece

British GPO 232 with Bell Box Extension

and the subset plugs into a phone jack that is provisioned with telephone service

Automatic Electric No. 3 - Black with Brass Trim Antique Phones The plane body is lightAutomatic Electric were the first North American company to manufacture a self contained deskset. The result were the Automatic Electric 2 and 12. These phones were made of bakelite and the very next year, AE introduced the simlar 3 and 13 phones. The biggest difference here was the 3 and 13 were made of metal and wall mountable. This phone here is a number 3. The unmistakable profile of this phone is great example of the evolution of the deskset. The