Composite photo of an H.G. CD 151 that has no H.G. embossing. It's a crude piece with a lot of stuff going on inside, and a pretty rough surface. It looks like it's from a reworked mold where the H.G. was left out by ...
Posted by Peter Persoff on January 18, 2012 - 0.5kb
Thanks to Charles Brandon I was able to complete the Hemingray Blue pair furthest on the right and it's nieghbor to the left. It is an AT&T Co. with mis-matched mold numbers. The lighter AT&T Co to the left was ...
Posted by Roger Poole on January 16, 2012 - 0.6kb
728.5 and 134 Note vertrical bar on inside of skirt as viewd from the outside. Also note both bars are the exact same distance from the mold lines.
Posted by Dario Dimare on January 15, 2012 - 0.1kb
Note bars on inside of skirt at bottom of the photo. I believe these were used to keep the insulator from spinning when taking out the plunger or taking it out of the mold..
Posted by Dario Dimare on January 15, 2012 - 0.2kb
Here's a tough little piece to come across. This piece is dome embossed W over 1 inside a circle. These insulators were thought to have been produced at the Beaver Falls Glass works and are known in the hobby as Paisley ...
Posted by Douglas R. Smith on January 14, 2012 - 0.8kb
Here is a CD 160 f-skirt H.G.CO. r-skirt PETTICOAT with sharp drips in aqua. This is a little tougher with no patent date. It has a couple of annealing lines as seen at the base of the threads, a small match head paper ...
Posted by Keith Brooking on January 13, 2012 - 0.4kb
Blue Castle in Great Condition!
Interesting under-pour between the inner and outer skirt, causing it to look sloped. Couple of nice little bubbles in the skirt.
VNM+........2 turrets have small flakes from mold ...
Posted by Miles Mclall on January 7, 2012 - 0.4kb
For sale is an extremely nice CD 127 WU PATTERN. Nice old telegraph piece with some of the most interesting style embossing that can be found on any insulator. Condition is excellent with just one tiny nick that is very ...
Posted by Jim Peach on January 2, 2012 - 0.6kb
L to R, top to bottom:
CD 145 N.E.G.M.Co., Sapphire Blue, Nice bubbles!, This was found in the Big Timber, MT. area. VNM-..............Pinky nail flake at left mold line in the wire groove, open bubble at base in ...
Posted by Miles Mclall on January 1, 2012 - 2.1kb
CD 234 Pyrex Carnival
I can't find much wrong with this insulator. It appears to me to be mint except for what may be a fleabite just above the base on the left side just past the mold line The carnival coating appears ...
Posted by Nick Bergkessel on January 1, 2012 - 0.5kb
I've always liked the somewhat odd tab on this mold style of LRI. Not the usual rectangle in form, this is angled all sorts of ways. This style can be found somewhat taller due to more glass being put in the mold. The ...
Posted by Jim Colburn on December 31, 2011 - 0.3kb
From left to right top to bottom:
CD 121 [003] "Diamond" with ['B.T.C./CANADA' blotted out] beautiful saturated Royal purple, VVNM....... Small WG rubs, upper WGR pin prick, one base pin prick. $ ...
Posted by Miles Mclall on December 31, 2011 - 1.3kb
Here's a nice CD 234 dark carnival PYREX. This one is mold "O".
One very light bruise that is hardly noticeable beside the 63 embossing. Has some sticker residue on top. Other than that, nothing else wrong ...
Posted by (private) on December 29, 2011 - 0.4kb
I listed this for sale early this past summer, for twice as much as my current price. It's outer shell has been repaired to the best of my ability with automotive bondo, which is the strongest repair for damaged ...
Posted by Jeff Lisenbee on December 29, 2011 - 0.7kb
CD 145 LYNCHBURG (010) beehive insulator. Sharp drip points. Aqua. Vnm. Has an inner skirt bruise. "X1" BROOKFIELD re-worked mold. Deep groove. Mold #5 on rear. Nice piece. $10.00 + ship.
Stock #tb9167
Posted by Timothy M. Baggett on December 29, 2011 - 0.2kb
VERY NICE LIGHT AQUA WITH A HINT OF GREEN CD 126.1. EMBOSSING IS LIGHT, BUT READABLE. MOLD NUMBER 3 ON TOP. THEIR IS A 5/8" X 1/4" FLAKE ON THE BASE AS THE ONLY DAMAGE. INSULATOR DISPLAYS GREAT AND ONLY A MINT ...
Posted by Larry Baumann on December 28, 2011 - 0.3kb
Here is a CD 250.2 TELEFONOS ERICSSON D-1 in a green aqua color. There are two small surface bubbles on the edge of the ear with a small mold defect. This is not damage and the insulator is very near mint. I am asking ...
Posted by Keith Brooking on December 27, 2011 - 0.3kb
I like the whittle-mold look of the glass.
Posted by Bill Ostrander on December 21, 2011 - 0.0kb
Great looking CD 263 Hemingray Columbia in aqua. VNM condition, tiny fisheye ding on the side of one of the ears and another on the skirt, small ding on the wire groove, and maybe another small ding or two I missed. ...
Posted by Chris Tella on December 20, 2011 - 0.3kb
Am asking 24.99 plus shipping on this toll condition has a couple small flakes off the wire grooce at the mold line. neat milky toll. 10 percent of all sale will be donated to Bill to help fund this site.
Merry xmas ...
Posted by Craig Boehm on December 20, 2011 - 0.2kb
got these from a garage sale in central illinois this summer; odd in illinois
4 have XO on dome with mold nbrs of 1,1,7,7
6 have 10 on dome with mold nbrs 3,3,4,4,4,8
all near mint to mint, one has long open buble ...
Posted by Paul Rosenberger on December 19, 2011 - 0.4kb
From left to right: Chunky 102 pony, light aqua, straw marks, great dome glass, couple internal air bubbles, couple pings, some chipping on the inside (pin side) of the base. Has a whisp of milk in dome over the ...
Posted by Jim White on December 18, 2011 - 1.0kb
Just love these! I have been fortunate to acquire a good number of these wonderful old J.H. Weston LRis. These are from various mold styles. Some of the tabs are obviously different! Note too, the embossing on the lower ...
Posted by Jim Colburn on December 18, 2011 - 0.5kb
These nine old-timers are Spratt LRIs, they just don't mention Spratt on them. They are embossed around the top edge, front: PATENT and on back: FEB. 5. 1850 I have identified five or six mold variations so far, and ...
Posted by Jim Colburn on December 18, 2011 - 0.4kb
This group of nine LRIs all have the same embossing, and are likely from the same mold. The 'front' embossing-over the tab is: PATENT and on the 'back' is: PATENT On the tab is: 1850 These are normally found in shades ...
Posted by Jim Colburn on December 18, 2011 - 0.3kb