This was one of a vast variety of European phonographs modelled after the well-known and reliable Columbia Type B 'Eagle' Graphophone. Although many manufacturers made similar machines, this phonograph was most likely made and marketed by Columbia's French subsidiary inasmuch as is specifically labelled in English as a Graphophone whereas most paraded under entirely different names. In European fashion, the open-works motor is mounted to a reversible wooden board which can be turned over to enclose the motor in the lower part of the cabinet when not in use. A handle is mounted on the other side of the base board. The decal on the front of the light mahogany cabinet is particularly appealing, with a characteristic representation of a female "Columbia" along with a curiously mangled English labelling of "The Graphophone, Perfectionned Type K." This is something of a throwback to the 1895 Bell-Tainter Type K Graphophone, which had been referred to as "Perfected." When the obsolete Type K model designation was revived for this very different French incarnation the term "perfected" was mistakenly altered to an ungrammatical but still English-sounding variation, "Perfectionned." Like the American-made version it is a well-made and reliable little phonograph, but with beautiful French "Belle Epoque" élan that sets it apart from its American cousin.