table radio

Object/Artifact

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

table radio

Entry/Object ID

2000.020.001

Description

"His Master's Voice" Superet Selebre Fire Radio Model 438. Front has large square speaker in the middle, flanked on either side by long and medium wave dials--there are four tuning and volume control knobs under the speaker. The back of the radio is open for the most part, revealing the Marconi tubes and other parts of the radio. The opening was covered by a re/brown piece of rough cloth (burlap ?) that is now folded into the back of the radio. "His Master's Voice", logo and "The Gramaphone Company Ltd., Hayes, Middlesex" on top of radio. Small metal plate with serial #438-393429 on lower right edge of back side. There are 2 stickers inside radio--one about Marconi Valves and the other about the model #, current, part # and changing valves. Electric cord has been cut.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Warby, Doris

Notes

Accession Date: 13-Aug-00 Mode of Acquisition: gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Radio

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Telecommunication Devices

Nomenclature Class

Telecommunication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

table radio

Created By

Greenlee, Lucy

Create Date

April 18, 2001

Updated By

Michael Goodchild

Update Date

August 2, 2025