5-valve broadcast band mantle radio, last of a series of 3 models.
All three were released in the same bakelite cabinet (models 200, 201 and 202).
The 200-series of radios were all quite different, but they all looked the same courtesy of the cabinet choice. The first model, 200, had no tone control so is quite easily distinguished because it had 2 knobs while the 201 and 202 had 3. The telltale differences between the 201 and 202 require a peek in the back, although there may be subtle differences in the dial screen printing - sighted models show the 201 has the lowest frequency (550kc/s) at the top left of the glass while sighted 202's have it at the top right, among other differences.
None of the sighted timber cabinets look particularly professional, although it was a budget set and so its possible it was an option. No advertising has yet been seen that shows they were ever released in timber.
Be careful with the orignal bakelite cabinets, they are quite fragile - particularly the grille... and stocks ran out in 1956!
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