Brookfield 127 mold variants

By Scott Morrell; posted November 27, 2009

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Here are four Brookfield 127's in my collection. There is great variation among the mold styles. The far left is EIN [150]... a neat character piece, but among the most common of "straight side" 127's (in my travels). Second from left is an EIN [140] I found in an antique mall. I've never seen another one of this exact mold style, ever. At the far right is EIN [100], with neat milk in the skirt.

I'm especially curious about the second from right. It's definitely a Brookie, but the embossing is almost unreadable. This mold style seems more crude than other mold styles, and it has a neat carbon "comet" streaking up into the dome. The wire groove is almost nonexistent! Do others have similar pieces in their collections? How unusual is this style? Any guess as to EIN? Thanks for looking!

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