Toy telephone
Fisher-Price Toys
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1982
Materials
Paper, plastic, printing ink
Measurements
190 mm (width of phone);100 mm (height of phone); 165 mm (depth of phone);
Place of origin
3599 Bocholt-Kaullile
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659408
Summary
A child's 'Fisher-Price' 'Chatter Phone' with its original box (circa 1982). It is a white plastic telephone with blue wheels and a red hand set which is attached to the phone by a black and white cord. It has a multicoloured number sheet under a cream dial. The front of the telephone has two blue and white eyes which rotate in their sockets, a red and cream nose and brown painted mouth. The sides are decorated with blue, green and yellow stars with the initials f an p inset in red and blue circles. Printed in black under the initials is 'Fisher-Price toys'. A yellow plastic string allows the telephone to be pulled along. On dialling a bell is rung. The box is red and blue with a clear window on the front, and has a photograph of a child using the telephone. Suitable for children 2-6years. There is a coloured printed catalogue in the box of the toys available. Total number of items is three
Marks and inscriptions
Side of box: 747/ Chatter Telephone/ When pulled, voice says 'chatter-/ chatter', Eyes roll up and down./ Sounds 'ring-a-ling' when dialed./ Fisher-Price Side of box: 747/ Chatter Telephone/ When pulled, voice says 'chatter-/ chatter', Eyes roll up and down./ Sounds 'ring-a-ling' when dialed./ Fisher-Price Base of box: copyright 1979 Fisher-Price Toys, East Aurora, N.Y.14052/Division of The Quaker Oats Company/ Manufactured (in Belgium) by Fisher-Price Toys/3599 Bocholt-Kaullile, Belgium
Makers and roles
Fisher-Price Toys , maker