What is this phone?

[Greg G.]

Described as a "copper" phone, but not sure if it's metal or brown bakelite.

[twocvbloke]

Looks like a phone from the European continent to me, a lot of Europhones have those dial cards with the numbers printed on them along with the ones on the dial itself...

[LarryInMichigan]

It's a copper Bell (BTM) phone from Belgium.  They are often called "kettle" phones.

Larry

[Russ Kirk]

I have one of these.    I tend to call mine a butler phone because of the carrying handle.   I read somewhere that these were sold in the US in the late 50's early 60's.  Maybe someone has better info.  I chose to keep mine with the original toned patina instead of polishing.  It is different and catches people's eye when the look at my collection. 

[teka-bb]

It's a Belgian 1950's 'Poste Nationale' telephone that was made both by ATEA and BTMC in Antwerp.

It has a zinc alloy body that was copper plated to make the, usually black, paint adhere better.

[LarryInMichigan]

I have the ATEA version, and it has several differences (and no handle).

Larry