A Good Example Of The Infamous Murphy Type A24 Wireless Receiver, With tri-ladder speaker fret, sloped sides, as designed by R. D. Russell in 1934; together with a Murphy type, TA160, with proud Perspex tuning and push-button controls, magic eye (2)

Footnote: The famous designer, R. D. Russell, was employed to work on radio case designs for Murphy at a time when the commercial strengths of the firm were working harder to suppress other competition - Ekco had the genius of Coates, Murphy had the genius of Russell. There was a very mixed reaction to this set when released and it is recorded that the design was a love/hate split. Letters addressed to and received by Russell contained writing condemning his work, whilst elsewhere, many positive reviews were seen. This included one moment a Bournemouth radio dealer who sold an A24 to a well-to-do lady who thought the design clashed terribly with her sitting room décor - so instead, re-papered and re-painted her entire room to match this Murphy set, as she loved it so much.

In the words of the late great Frank Murphy himself, I don't know anything about design, but I know what I LIKE and…the longer you look at it, the more you like it!.

Ref: Murphy News, 10th March 1934 and, subsequently, used in advertising campaigns.