Of course I brought home some great insulators from the show. Some of these were gifted by a collector I visited on Thursday (thank you - you know who you are), and the rest were purchased at the show.

Some oddball Canadian-made porcelain including some unusual spools, lags, and some Canadian Porcelain cables with original hardware or in odd glaze colours. There is a Smith & Stone marked spool at the back with a marking I haven't seen before, and another standard spool that is marked JAPAN with the NGK logo - surprisingly something I haven't seen before.

There's some American mud in the lot, too, including a Hartford-Faience marked cable in a white glaze (at rear right). I don't think I've ever found any H-F insulators here in Ontario before.

The two tone dino egg and Algoma Eastern Railway marked beehive were treats, too. I always enjoy these things. The AER has provenance from the George Nowacki collection - a Sudbury collector who introduced most of these to the hobby.

The lag in the foreground has a nice 1920s Canadian Porcelain glaze and a CLM (Canadian Line Materials) marking, and is the type with glazed holes in its sides to accommodate a brass clamp. I've not found one of these with such a nice clear marking before.

The fuse panel face in the foreground is a Smith & Stone marked example, and will go into my little collection of items made by this somewhat little-known Canadian electrical apparatus manufacturer. It came from Robin Plewes, one of the hosts of the show. Thanks again, Robin!

Oh, and of course there are a couple Canadian Bostons just in case anyone thought that I don't collect glass anymore. I love the heavy mineral etching and gasoline sheen patina on the one. There's also a Hemingray 9 CD 106 with a heavy amber stripe on one side.