Just wondering if the N in NEW on insulator on right with the small thin cross bar in N is known? This is probably a known thing about this N. Looks like it was left out when the mold was made and added later. I have a ...
Posted by Gary T. Bouchard on July 14, 2013 - 0.3kb
Here is a CD 162 Star signal in a nice swirled green and aqua multi-tone. It is mostly olive green with a little bit of green aqua showing. It has a rough spot on the front wire ridge, a peck on the rear wire ridge, a ...
Posted by Keith Brooking on July 14, 2013 - 0.7kb
I was going through some boxed up glass to take some freebies to the National next week and rediscovered that I had this " H " Domed Beehive with no skirt embossing in a very light aqua green with a amber ...
Posted by Bear Spitler on July 14, 2013 - 0.2kb
The rounded groove version has 1/4-1/2" dome ping. $140. The other one is VNM and is $160. prices include shipping.
Posted by (private) on July 13, 2013 - 0.1kb
What a sweet 7 Up green color this insulator has. Damage report sound worse then is. Above the hyphen there is a small flea bite or inclusion. Can't tell which myself. The bottom portion of the I of Hemingray is bruised ...
Posted by Roger Poole on July 12, 2013 - 1.1kb
Unusual profile with a long skirt that seems disproportionately too narrow for the dome. Most I have seen are made of the peculiar yellow-green glass I suspect was end-run production as Bushwick. Shop marks from L to R: ...
Posted by Brent Burger on July 10, 2013 - 0.6kb
The dome profile on these looks a lot like the Brookfield-made B.T.Co. of CAN. pieces. Note the "B" marked unit in Bushwick light aqua. The piece at far right looks a lot like some of these, but is likely from ...
Posted by Brent Burger on July 10, 2013 - 0.4kb
... examples, possibly suggesting these molds were all in service at roughly the same time to have made insulators of this odd Brookfield glass ...
Posted by Brent Burger on July 10, 2013 - 0.4kb
Here is a CD 543 Unembossed in either an olive green or yellow green. Not sure. I have shown it next to a CD 126 for size comparison. It has grinding of the mold lines around the skirt base and the sides, and a few ...
Posted by Keith Brooking on July 9, 2013 - 0.3kb
These insulators never underwent the final step in the molding process whereby the screwpeg and follower were inserted. Instead, some brave soul blew compressed air into the mold and created all manner of jagged bubble ...
Posted by Richard Wentzel on July 9, 2013 - 0.5kb
Guys I'm sort of new on this site buy a few of you may know who I am, I live in Whyalla South Australia and collect All Australian Glass and Australian Used Ceramics with the odd Feral Insulator chucked in to mix it up ...
Posted by Byron Smith on July 9, 2013 - 1.1kb
Brookfield on the front skirt. New York on the back skirt. Mold line over the dome like a CD 126. No other embossing except a small dot on the top up against the mold line. Pinhole off center.
Posted by Fred Collier on July 8, 2013 - 0.2kb
Super crude blue aqua CD 121 Am. Tel. & Tel. Co. toll. Lots of creases and has a "cold mold" appearance to it. Has 3 small flakes on the wire ridge but displays perfect. Asking $15 plus shipping
Posted by Sean Green on July 8, 2013 - 0.2kb
Brookfield on front skirt. New York on back skirt. No mold number.
Posted by Fred Collier on July 7, 2013 - 0.1kb
A rather unusual mold profile, noted for it's peculiar narrow diameter creating a tall and skinny look. With the exception of the top left piece, which *could* be a light Old Bridge color, all are unmistakably from the ...
Posted by Brent Burger on July 5, 2013 - 0.5kb
This group almost seems to make sense as a mold group. All exhibit a backwards "16" except the tall one, which shows a backwards "15". Skirts are unusually vertical for a Brookfield 102 Note, all of ...
Posted by Brent Burger on July 5, 2013 - 0.4kb
This group holds some clues about dating, although I have not come to any hard conclusions yet. This is one of two non-CREB 102 styles found in sca. In fact, it is easier to find in sca than any other color. The piece ...
Posted by Brent Burger on July 5, 2013 - 0.8kb
... marked BFNY, yet were made in two-piece molds, creating a Mold Line Over Dome. This process was obsolete by 1900. Not sure if this was a very ...
Posted by Brent Burger on July 5, 2013 - 0.3kb
... 1908 move to Old Bridge. Rather, the molds were just used until worn out and the entire mold replaced. The unit on the far left is ...
Posted by Brent Burger on July 5, 2013 - 0.5kb
... quot; unit is more chunky from reworked molds. The lettering is shorter than all the Fat examples I have, making me lean towards calling this a ...
Posted by Brent Burger on July 5, 2013 - 1.0kb
Unusual shaped NEGM Co. beehive for sale on this page. I don't mean it is not the usual shape only different then any shown in the 2012 PG Appendix VIII. The different styles are lettered up to H. I would call this one ...
Posted by Roger Poole on July 5, 2013 - 1.5kb
I found this at a flea market. It is a dirt-common, brown porcelain, radio-treated, cable-top, triple petticoat ITC insulator (I don't know U #'s), but this one has a rubberized plastic collar type attachment like I've ...
Posted by Chris Cotnoir on July 4, 2013 - 1.4kb
A wonderful deep aqua SDP Mickey. Front skirt - HEMINGRAY Rear skirt - No. 60
Has No. 60 ghost embossing, and extra glass at lower portion of skirt mold line. This looks to be an early Mickey, there are some annealing ...
Posted by Patrick Mahon on July 1, 2013 - 0.5kb
I've no doubt at all these two insulators will please any Star Beehive collector or Star collector in general. Note: there is no way my pics can do either of these insulators justice. They are a must have in hand to ...
Posted by Roger Poole on July 1, 2013 - 2.3kb
CD 133.2 slope shoulder in light blue with some light milk swirling. Damage consists on a pinky nail size base flake and a small (pinky nail size) area of very light flaking by one of the mold lines.
Asking $35 plus ...
Posted by Tim Haraf on June 30, 2013 - 0.2kb
