Motorola 51X16 S grille Radio American, circa 1941, black catalin case and knobs with red handle and face, restored 15 cm high, 25 cm wide, 14.5 cm deep. Provenance: Ex lot 1445, 30 August, 2008, Mastro Auctions, Chicago, U.S.A. Literature: See Sideli John Classic Plastic Radios of the 1930s and 1940s New York 1990 pp. 111 for similar example other notes black and red is a very unusual colour combination for Catalin radios of this period.