Art Deco Western Electric 302 phone telephone antique vintage is a restored Western Electric 302 phone. This phone was also nicknamed the “Dreyfuss phone” after its creator, the great art deco designer Henry Dreyfuss and the “Lucy phone” from its many appearances on the “I Love Lucy” show, the great comedy sitcom of the ’50’s.
The phone was completely disassembled, cleaned, rebuilt and tested for good working order. Every part was cleaned and/or polished. The 5H dial was ultrasonically cleaned, lightly oiled and checked for proper return speed. The porcelain, metro-style (numbers + letters) “Z operator” dial plate is in very good shape with just slight wear. The dial center is new and printed on good card stock. The thermoplastic housing and the F1 Bakelite handset were buffed to a high gloss.
The feet were re-covered with high quality leather. The phone’s baseplate was thorougly cleaned and is in good shape. The ringer bells are hand-polished brass. The handset cord is a vintage brown cloth cord in very good condition. Also added was a matching brown cloth wall cord (new). The wall cord has the modular plug so it is ready to plug ‘n play on today’s phone jacks. The phone works fine and rings loud and clear with that old-timey sound that only a dual-toned ringer can do.
If you would like to hear the ring of this phone, click here – 381 kb.
The phone was probably originally assembled in 1949 as just about all the parts carry this date although the 5H dial is dated 3/50. Some of the date stamps are thus: baseplate = 10/49, ringer = 5/49, coil = 4th quarter ’49 and capacitor = 2nd qtr ’49.
Many, many hours were spent in this restoration of this phone. It is a functioning piece of nostalgia, a great conversation piece and a real beauty. $175 reserve.
Customer satisfaction:Upon arrival, if you are unhappy with the phone for any reason or it does not meet your expectations, ship it back “as received” within 30 days and I will refund your winning bid 100%.
Warranty:I will support this phone for one year on the phone operating as it should and on parts failure due to natural causes – free parts, labor and shipping both ways for US customers, international pays return shipping. After the first year, any problems and I will still fix it for free only you cover the cost to ship it back to me. I will pay return shipping.
:See the shipping calculator for actual shipping charges for USPS Priority mail (no handling). Canadian fees will be more but will only be the actual fees to get the phone to you. Item is seller-insured and will be *well* packed. Any problems, let me know. PayPal is preferred. Thanks for looking! 🙂
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