Left: Rare Blob-Top Star Pony Insulator – light blue. I am constantly on the look-out for this variation of the CD 102 star pony insulator. I don't see more than one or two of these in a year. It is EIN095 in the insulator Price Guide. It has a star on both front and back skirts and is ½ inch taller than most CD 102 stars. What intrigues me most is the "ball" top. It actually has more the profile of a marble on a stand, but the PG and the insulator collecting hobby has dubbed it "blob top" (after the CD 126). There is a nice bubble above the wire groove over one star and another nice bubble (smaller) under the other star. This insulator is in Very Near Mint condition: There is a hard-to-see ½ inch annealing "split" (a healed crack from manufacturing) which I caught just right in the light.

Center: This is either a light purple NO EMBOSSING CANADA EIN020 or it is a NO NAME CANADA EIN015 BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE the short vertical bars on the skirts. IT DOES HAVE the 1-1/4 inch slightly offset circle around the dome. The purple has a light variegation or splotchy (swirls) to it. It has a smooth base. There is a nice swirl in the glass at the end of the threads. I just noticed a 1 inch long stress crack in the dome at the top of the pin hole. It is quite hidden, since I never noticed it while I was displaying it. The is some roughness to the outside edge all the way around the base.

Right: Amber swirled CD 102 bell skirt. The amber swirling is accentuated in the lighter glass base color (light green aqua). I have been collecting stars for years, and the "pony style" CD 102 come in both the straight side and the bell shaped. This one actually curves in at the base giving it a distinctive and pleasing shape. Damage consists of a bb ping with a halo to the rear crown, a tiny lehr kiss to the back skirt and an indent in the dome; probably from debris in the mold.

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