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TALKING TELEPHONE

Toy Telephone
1979 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Tomy Company Inc. (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Singapore (manufactured)

card box printed in colours on red to show the title, maker's details and illustrations of the toy; plain card insert
containing a blue plastic telephone with white lead
battery operated

IT HAS BEEN TESTED - CORD IS CUT, DIAL IS CUT AWAY AND PAPER AREAS ON DIAL SCRATCHED

Object details

Object type
Toy telephone
Parts
This object consists of 7 parts.

  • Telephone
  • Receiver
  • Cover (Closure)
  • Stopper
  • Box Lid
  • Box Base
  • Insert
Titles
  • TALKING TELEPHONE (manufacturer's title)
  • SMURF (series title)
Materials and techniques
printed card, moulded plastic
Card
Plastic
Printed
Moulded
Brief description
Telephone, Palitoy, Singapore, 1979
Physical description
card box printed in colours on red to show the title, maker's details and illustrations of the toy; plain card insert
containing a blue plastic telephone with white lead
battery operated

IT HAS BEEN TESTED - CORD IS CUT, DIAL IS CUT AWAY AND PAPER AREAS ON DIAL SCRATCHED
Dimensions
  • Length: 8.5in
  • Width: 7.5in
  • Depth: 5in
Production typemass produced
Copy number
73010
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history
Part of the Palitoy Archive
Production
Made exclusively for Palitoy Coalville Leicester England by Tomy Singapore
Made in Singapore

Attribution note: tested sample
Reason For Production: retail
Associated objects
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.627:1 to 7-1999

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Record createdSeptember 24, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O48593/talking-telephone-toy-telephone-tomy-company-inc/
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