For the "bakelite collector" or someone who would like to restore their old bakelite telephone instrument.
Bakelite was the predecessor to "modern plastics" and used extensively pre-1960's
What do I mean by raw?
I am offering this telephone handset WITHOUT the receiver capsule or transmitter capsule and there is no handset cord (usually they were cloth covered)
My thinking is that someone who is interested in this type of handset may only want the "bakelite" shell and not the internals - but if you also need these, they are advertised as separate items.
Black bakelite telephone handset #2 (raw)
I believe this handset was produced by GEC and can be found on the early 700's, also some 1950's British Telecom and Australian 400 series phones. It was referred to as a Handset No.1 and the stamp on the handgrip is a manufacture date stamp (1956)
https://www.britishtelephones.com/hands1.htm
The major difference between this handset and the myriad of other bakelite handsets is that the transmitter mouthpiece is very short and does not curve to capture the subscribers voice (and spit!)
The ONLY items supplied are these:
Main handset body
Receiver screw cap
Transmitter screw cap
Receiver weight
Handset cord strain relief sleeve (rubber)
Receiver capsule spring support
NOTE: There are a lot similarities with the other bakelite handset I am offering, probably the most notable differences are the date stamp on the handset grip and the transmitter mouthpiece is slightly "taller" than on the other handset I am offering.
NO capsules are offered with this handset
Markings (stamped) on the handset are:
Microphone area (near where the handset cord enters)
No stamping/ID marks here at all
Microphone screw on cap
8
-
5955
C
-
C
Receiver screw on cap
2
-
5954
C
-
C
Handset grip area
| C56/ |
COSMETIC CONDITION:
Clean bakelite
NO cracking
NO chips or other minor disasters!
Overall the bakelite is shiny (lightly manually buffed by hand) but the shine could be further enhanced with wheel buffing if desired
Threads of the receiver and transmitters are undamaged and easily screw on/off
A nice early example of bakelite or a telecommunications historical piece for display or restoration of other similar telephones.
