Vintage Siemens Grillo Telephone 1960's Italy- Working for Sale

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Vintage Siemens Grillo Telephone 1960's Italy- Working For Sale

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Vintage Siemens Grillo Telephone 1960's Italy- Working:
$79.00

Auso Siemens Telecommunications Grillo Telephone. It was made in Italy in the 1960's. The phone is approximately 3" wide x 2.5" tall when closed, 9" long when open. Condition is good/working. The Ivory/white color is yellowing, it has several scratches, and has a burn/melt(?) mark on one side. Includes an adapter for the wall jack connection. Please see photos for details.
"Grillo" was designed in 1965 by Richard Sapper and Marco Zanuso. The name "Grillo", which means cricket in Italian, was chosen because the phone's ringer sounded like a cricket. Innovative features that contributed to the phone's compact size include a dial that replaced the conventional rotary finger stop mechanism with a button in each of the number holes which, when actioned, pushed a pin through the back of the dial to stop the mechanism in its correct position. The "Grillo" telephone appears in multiple episodes of the original 1960s Mission Impossible television series.
All questions are welcome.Non-smoking and pet friendly home.