Annunciator
Maker and role
Gents of Leicester, Manufacturer
Production date
Circa 1925
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Object detail
Accession number
2011.468
Maker
Production period
Description
Wooden box with white painted cover. Cover has rectangular glass window at top, black, with four circular clear holes to see 'drops' below. Properly called a ‘Semaphore Gravity Drop Annunciator', a bell was mounted on a board above the box containing the ‘drops’. The annunciator, which was battery operated, could be activated by any one of four push buttons, each in a different locality. One push on a button would cause one disc or target to drop as well as ring the bell. The drops are restored to the ‘normal’ position by pushing the rod on the right hand side of the box. The annunciator was commonly used as paging indicators in servants quarters, (this one was probably used in a large house),or as fire alarms. Larger devices were used in hotels and rail stations.
Marks
makers mark
Gents / of Leicester Printed
Gents / of Leicester Printed
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Gents of Leicester. Circa 1925. Annunciator, 2011.468. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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