Hemingray battery rest - ding/flake

By Rick Soller; posted December 9, 2025

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Light aqua battery rest. (F-Skirt embossing) HEMINGRAY (R-Skirt embossing) PATENT MAY 2 1893. That is the patent date for Drip Points (Patent No. 496,652). No CD number has been assigned to this yet. 6" x 1 ⅞" (152mm X 47mm). Fat drip points. Top wear and bottom wear. 4-3/4" chipping on on the outer skirt., 2 other chipped drip points. One of these other chipped drip points has an associated 3/8" x 1/8" chip on the outside edge. 1/8" flake on the outside edge. The one I own has about the same amount of damage $2000 postpaid. Seven of these are known and the other six are locked in collections that will be there for many more years. Hemingray battery rest, no CD assigned yet, $2000 postpaid. NOTE: I revised this listing shortly after posting it to note some additional damage.

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