C. 1930s Western Electric Rotary Phone in Old White Paint, Ashland 4-5111 circus animal reminding me a lot of

reminding me a lot of sailor made knot work baskets I've had

one tiny loss to the top layer of one corner

Some age toning and a little roughness along the bottom edge but overall good condition

and to my eye just exactly the right sort of bowl to have live on the kitchen--ideally one with warmly worn butcher block countertops and warm afternoon sunlight

but an old one

C. 1930s Western Electric Rotary Phone in Old White Paint, Ashland 4-5111 circus animal reminding me a lot ofNot just a great looking old phone, delivering all of the pleasures of rotary dialing, but this early model Western Electric was also given a custom paint job long ago and nothing better to my eye than old creamy white paint. And with original alphanumeric number at the center of the dial: AS(hland) 4 5111, I believe for Ashland, MA reminding one that phones were once linked to specific places! These Western Electric phones were the first widely