Radio [Courtenay]
Maker and role
Radio Corporation of New Zealand Limited, Manufacturer
Turnbull & Jones Limited, Commissioned by
Production date
1937
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Object detail
Accession number
2015.136
Production period
Description
Courtenay six valve mantle radio, model 36.
Wooden body, oval frequency face in centre right of radio with five dials (two missing) below face. Frequency face is black with red, green and cream lettering and a white coloured double ended ‘hand’. Face is labelled “Courtenay”. Small light(?) in very top right. Speaker is square and features on centre left of front of object and is covered with a gold coloured patterned fabric. Four horizontal protruding design features curve around the left had side of the radio and in front of speaker.
The reverse of the radio is open and the internal mechanisms are visible. There is a circular, green and yellow sticker on the back of the speaker, printed, “COURTENAY / PAT NOS 1972345 & 1984800 / KNOWN FOR TONE”. Two plates and a sticker are attached to the back of the electrical component. The first plate is the maker’s plate “N.Z. / COURTENAY / MADE FOR / TURNBULL & JONES LTD. / BY RADIO CORPORATION OF NEW ZEALAND LTD”; The second is a blue patent sticker for Australia; the third is another plate: “MODEL 36 NO 35332 / […]”.
Wooden body, oval frequency face in centre right of radio with five dials (two missing) below face. Frequency face is black with red, green and cream lettering and a white coloured double ended ‘hand’. Face is labelled “Courtenay”. Small light(?) in very top right. Speaker is square and features on centre left of front of object and is covered with a gold coloured patterned fabric. Four horizontal protruding design features curve around the left had side of the radio and in front of speaker.
The reverse of the radio is open and the internal mechanisms are visible. There is a circular, green and yellow sticker on the back of the speaker, printed, “COURTENAY / PAT NOS 1972345 & 1984800 / KNOWN FOR TONE”. Two plates and a sticker are attached to the back of the electrical component. The first plate is the maker’s plate “N.Z. / COURTENAY / MADE FOR / TURNBULL & JONES LTD. / BY RADIO CORPORATION OF NEW ZEALAND LTD”; The second is a blue patent sticker for Australia; the third is another plate: “MODEL 36 NO 35332 / […]”.
Marks
COURTENAY / PAT NOS 1972345 & 1984800 / KNOWN FOR TONE Sticker
N.Z. / COURTENAY / MADE FOR / TURNBULL & JONES LTD. / BY RADIO CORPORATION OF NEW ZEALAND LTD Maker's Mark
MODEL 36 NO 35332 / […]”. Maker's Number
N.Z. / COURTENAY / MADE FOR / TURNBULL & JONES LTD. / BY RADIO CORPORATION OF NEW ZEALAND LTD Maker's Mark
MODEL 36 NO 35332 / […]”. Maker's Number
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Radio Corporation of New Zealand Limited et al. 1937. Radio [Courtenay], 2015.136. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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