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Ericsson telephone model DBH15, 1947

Designed in Sweden in 1947, attributed to Gerard Kiljan. These specimens were made in Brazil in the 1960s. The cream one is made of Plaskon (Urea Formaldehyde) and the black is Bakelite (Phenol Formaldehyde), two of the noblest plastics.