This is a new acquisition.  It is a green bakelite radio.  It appears to be post-war, but has no make or model on it.

A glass dial floats over the mesh speaker covering, which is deeply inset into the radio.  Three knobs, multiple bands.

The radio has a full bakelite back as well.

Some of the postwar Sonoras also came in green, but this is an uncommon color to find a bakelite radio.

This is my Radialva Brio, circa 1950.  It is a tiny little Superheterodyne using tubes UCH42, UF41, UBC41, UL41, UY42

The radio is metal but has a green patterened snakeskin finish on it.  The radio also came in brown, ivory, and perhaps other colors.  It is very small, only 20 cm (8 inches) wide.

This example is in quite nice shape except for a few chips in the paint on the cabinet.  I could perhaps touch this up but for now have left the radio alone.

Here is a French Phenix radio, circa 1953-1955.  This is a small model, only 28 cm wide (about 11 inches).  The case is metal, with a yellow/gold snake skin pattern on it.  The knobs have a brilliant gold insert.  The dial glass floats out front, and is marked with many European cities.

The style and shape are somewhat similar to the famous SNR 52 and 55, but those are much larger radios.

I have also put a photo of the logo in the gallery, one can certainly see a stylized bird rising in the logo.  Click here to see it.

This is the Super SuGa VII, similar to the SuGa shown in my previous post.  This is the seven tube version as the other was six tubes.

This radio has a case in nice shape, but needs some attention on the chrome, as well as the grillecloth.  The chassis is very dusty and will need some work.

These are some of the most beautiful of the French radios of the mid-1930s and are collectible and hard to come by.  This model being somewhat more plain cased than the other, which has a more skyscraper feel to the dial area.

I am at a loss for the description of the chrome insert -- it appears to be more art noveau than anything else, but there is a name for this artistic style which escapes me at this time..

This is my new SuGA radio:

I like it very much -- what do you think?