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I can't tell what brand this is without seeing the radio dial (but I bet other videokarma users soon will!).
This is a circa 1950 combination console, with a radio and possibly a phonograph (a turntable, then, by definition, did not have an amplifier nor speakers).
In the early days of TV, combinations had a purpose. Many TV stations only broadcast a few hours a day, and many areas had only one or two stations. The radio and phonograph often came in handy for all those hours there were no TV programs.
A set like this was also a luxury item at the time, like on the scale of half a years' mortgage payments!
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