2500 - Clear Antique Phones the Candlestick desk set was

the Candlestick desk set was considered to be a premium product and subscribers were often charged an additional 25$ per month to upgrade from a wood wall phone

This all brass desk stand is similar to the non-dial 20AL and 40AL phones except that the shaft had been moved off centre of the base to accommodate the dial

As a finish

the first versions had a die-cast zinc housing

2500 - Clear Antique Phones the Candlestick desk set wasAfter eight years, 2500 sketches, measurements of 2000 faces, and the preparation of endless clay models and lacquered plastic castings, the famed industrial designed, Henry Dreyfuss finally arrived at the form of the new 'universal' set, the Model 500 in 1949. The Model 500 and it's sister wall phone, the 554, were the most popular telephone set ever designed, and they remained in production for 35 years without essential change. Colored sets became