Connecticut Telephone potbelly desk set with single button

This is a Connecticut Type "C" potbelly desk telephone with a single button in the base. The nickel is not in the best of shape but overall this candlestick is in outstanding condition for its age. Like a lot of Connecticut telephones during this time period, it uses a Holtzer-Cabot outside terminal receiver. Below is a scan right from the Connecticut Telephone & Electric Co. catalog, 1900. Also, see the scan from an original ad in the 1899 issue of Telephone Magazine . Almost identical to this telephone.