Alura Talking Machine, Antique Phonograph Disc Reproducer chrome Gloucester

Gloucester

I love the geometric black patterning against the shiny gold

perfect in combination with the red of his cloak and yellow of the lion

Found in the Midwest

eliminating marbles as you go and dropping them in the recessed corners

Alura Talking Machine, Antique Phonograph Disc Reproducer chrome GloucesterI'm not the least bit knowledgable about old phonographs, but know this is a "reproducer" disc, the function of which was is to convert the sound impressions from the record into sound waves. Coming across it the other day in Maine, I just loved seeing the words "talking machine" in perfect sans serif capital letters, and all the better combined with "Alura" and two stars in between. The first thing it made me think of, actually, was artificial