Bidspirit auction | Invicta Mid-Century Wooden Case Valve

Invicta Mid-Century Wooden Case Valve Radio - A mid-20th-century British tabletop valve radio housed in a dark-stained wood-veneered cabinet. The unit features a large, rectangular woven fabric speaker grille above a horizontal tuning dial. The tuning dial is constructed of black glass with multi-band frequency markings in yellow, green, and white, and is flanked by decorative wooden pillars. It includes four plastic control knobs and a toggle switch located at the base. A white printed mark in an oval cartouche on the wooden surface reads Invicta in a cursive script. This brand was a subsidiary of Pye Ltd. based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The radio is shown with an illuminated dial, indicating it receives power.