This post starts a series of posts on CD 132 early Hemingray No. 2 telegraph bullets that were found between 1973 and 1975 on the Chicago Northwestern Railroad as it ran West out of Boone, Iowa and crossed the Des ...

Very nice color here, somewhere between apple and lime green. Nice big G mold, condition is excellent! $35 plus shipping. HOW ABOUT $20 PLUS SHIPPING

CD 253 KNOWLES / CABLE INSULATOR // "PATENTED JUNE, 17 1890" -- awesome yellow green -- there are three short annealing lines up from the base that do not go all the way though the glass. One is between EN in ...

CD 162 H.G.CO. / PATENT MAY 2 1893 // PETTICOAT (transition embossing) -- SDP -- blue aqua packed with fizz -- small base chip hits two drips on back, else just a couple drips with tiny flakes and a tiny wire ridge ping ...

Here is a nice glass turtle -- these were typically made by glass workers using the glass ladle as a mold and then pulling the legs, head and tail to make a turtle. This one is one of the nicer ones I have seen and is ...

Here is a nice CD B in dark olive green. It is the less common version that doesn't have the mold line under the base. The condition is VVNM with a very small shallow less than a pencil eraser sized base flake. Picture ...

CD 134 T-H.E. CO. signal insulator Front skirt: T-H.E. CO. MLOD - mold line over dome Rear dome: a backward "2" Smooth base Aqua. Wisp of milk starts in upper threads and corkscrews into ...

Here is a nice pony from Corry, PA in this wonderful teal color. It's very faintly embossed, however, so some of the letters are not well defined. Embossing: BROOKFIELD // NEW YORK. Dome: 1 (possibly backwards).

piece of brick right behind the '7'. when I first picked it up, I thought there was an impact hit right there until I examined it closely. Backwards 'S' mold again. Lite blue color.

A carbon like smear all down the side of todays insulator. Above the wire groove you can feel it, below the wire groove its down into the glass. I recall Mark L from Canada talking about mold paste being used. could ...

Four Cal CD 166's up for you to look over. This is Group #! of two. Left: SMOKE with PURPLE influences. Only a rear base flat flake...all below the mold base mold line. Some good dome glass and a few bubbles. Small ...

Here's a pair of Light Green (better than photo!) battery rests made by Kilner Brothers in the Thornhill Lees factory (circa 1898-1910). Batteries were used to provide DC power for the early telegraph circuits and ...

Mentioned in shooting stars and speed diamonds answered question that I thought the B on a 102 B was embossed with that wacky "ramp" on left side on purpose, because it was meant to be placed near left mold ...

... Nipcon on this: The bases of the molds were re-tooled to accommodate the conversion to automated machinery!-Never you mind what I thought ...

Seen at Bob and Carolyn Berry's 2016 Christmas swap. Was this the result of a retooled mold?

... been led to believe that the 3 part molds are of Hemingray manufacture. Here's a lineup of some of mine. All are 3 piece except the L.G.T ...

... collector telling me that those diamond molds were not automated. This actually makes more sense because a crew working manual molds (for piece ... as to wether insulators could damage molds ...

Very nice pair of Purple CD CD 121 W.G.M. Co. Tolls. Medium purple with a rose tint - flat base chip and nibbling for about 1.5 inches on the back. Some nice small bubbles below the WGM embossing. Displays VNM from ...

I was driving through a very bad part of the city when I spotted what looked to be a pole down in the brush just off the street. Against my better judgement, I parked my car, convinced myself it would still be there ...

another with an amber streak going across side. missing underline on the 'o' mold barely visible on right.

This post is on a CD 133.4 Cadiz "PATd" bullet that was found in 1973 on the Chicago Northwestern Railroad as it ran West out of Boone, Iowa and crossed the Des Moines River toward Ogden, Iowa. A comparison is ...

This post is on a CD 133.4 Cadiz "PATd" bullet that was found in 1973 on the Chicago Northwestern Railroad as it ran West out of Boone, Iowa and crossed the Des Moines River toward Ogden, Iowa. This insulator ...

This post is on a CD 133.4 Cadiz "PATd" bullet that was found in 1973 on the Chicago Northwestern Railroad as it ran West out of Boone, Iowa and crossed the Des Moines River toward Ogden, Iowa. This insulator ...

Here's one I just picked up in a box lot. It is similar to EIN [210] (F‑Skirt) BROOKFIELD (R‑Skirt) No 41 SB, but this one has a dome number. The current Price Guide does not list the No. 41 with a ...

There are some nice pieces here starting with the B.T.C. co of Canada's. 1.B.T.C. co Amber influence on this greenish piece. Warp on base and a factory small slice to base. $45 2. B.T.C. co in a light yellow ...