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Rotary-dial desk telephone, teal plastic

Object/Artifact

Wedge-form desktop telephone in teal/turquoise molded plastic, with a cradled handset across the top and a rotary dial set into the sloped front. The dial has a clear plastic finger wheel over a white number ring (1–0) with a metal finger-stop; a small rectangular window sits below the dial. A cream/ivory coiled handset cord is attached. The underside is a dark phenolic baseplate with ventilation slots, four rubber feet, screws, a manufacturer emblem, molded Soviet legends, and a blue ink quality-control stamp.

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2025.11.23

2025.11

Purchase

circa 1981

1980s

U.S.S.R.

Eastern Europe

Europe

Maker: Soviet manufacturer, not definitively identified. A small circular factory emblem is molded on the base but isn't legible enough to attribute (Soviet desk phones of this era were made by plants such as VEF in Riga and "Krasnaya Zarya" in Leningrad, among others — not confirmed here). The model designation in the base oval is illegible. Date: Circa 1981 — read from the molded "М81" on the base (interpreted as a 1981 manufacture indicator); a blue QC date/stamp is also present. Within range. (The "М81" reading is probable but not certain.) Place of Origin: USSR (Soviet Union), per "СДЕЛАНО В СССР." Specific republic/factory not established.

"СДЕЛАНО В СССР" (Made in USSR), in an oval. "ЦЕНА 20 Р." (price 20 rubles). "РРО.218.051.ТУ" (Soviet technical-specification number). "149381 М81" (serial/date line; "М81" → likely 1981). Model designation in an oval — illegible. Manufacturer emblem (small circular logo) — not identified. Blue ink QC stamp (diamond, "5/9"-type marking).

Materials: Molded plastic housing and handset (teal); clear plastic dial wheel; metal dial/finger-stop and internals; phenolic (dark) baseplate; rubber feet; PVC-jacketed cream coiled handset cord. Technique: Injection-molded plastic housing; assembled rotary-dial telephone mechanism.

Fair

U.S.S.R.

Eastern Europe

Europe

production