Alura Talking Machine, Antique Phonograph Disc Reproducer chrome Gloucester

Gloucester

meaning each ring has its place in the stack and they are not so easy to arrange in different orders except near the top (I didn't want to risk them getting stuck while trying

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

but based on other works I believe likely dates to the 1940s

Portraits upon portraits adding up to quite a portrait

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