Yes as you say back bracket is very unusual and not Gramophone company looking but fits the tone arm and the elbow perfectly , the cabinet as you say has been refinished and not particularly well , it also has an odd transfer under the bracket , the motor I have found fits the cabinet , the screw fittings on the motor board are not all original and the turntable "clamp " although works is a makeshift itemSteve wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:03 amAm I alone in not recognising the back-bracket as a G & T product. I don't recall ever seeing a bracket with a flat edge to it. Whilst the case has obviously been stripped and refinished it still does not quite look up to the standard of G & T / HMV products I'm more familiar with.Oedipus wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 9:47 am The Cockleshell normally has a double spring motor and ten-inch turntable, but I have never seen a mahogany Cockleshell before. I take it the position of the brake indicates a 12-inch turntable? I presume the black finish and unusual lining on the back bracket are not original? -- it's a post-G & T model, and the bracket would normally have been nickel-plated.
If its so different I wonder where and when it was made? It's doubtfully a Colonial variant as those are more often found in teak.
It is unusual being mahogany although someone said one was on Ebay awhile ago
I had an oak cockleshell once with a 10 " turntable and a triple spring motor and it only fitted as the front right pillar was hollow for the speed control to function , it was clearly a factory productio but another very odd item