220/2003

Collection

Domestic Appliances

Brief description

Two-tone green plastic telephone with a wedge-shaped body, curly cord and rotary dial, 700 Series model 706L PL/59/2, designed jointly by Ericssons Telephone Ltd, The GPO Engineering Department and the Council of Industrial design, c.1963.

Title

700
706L PL59/2

Object name

telephone

Object number

220/2003

Production organisation

Ericsson's Telephones Ltd (designer)
Council of Industrial Design (designer)
GPO Engineering (designer)

Production date

c.1963 (manufactured)

Production place

England (manufactured)

Period

Twentieth century (1900-1999)

Material

plastic
acrylic

Physical description

The Suffix letter L (706L) means figures and letters on dial surround (taken from http://web.ukonline.co.uk/freshwater/t706.htm

Dimensions

Depth: 21.2cm
Height: 11.5cm
Length: 23cm
Width: 13.6cm

Website keywords

telephones