From my experience pouring commemoratives, if I pour out of the clean side of the ladle, then the hardened dribble falls into the mold at the end of the pour, landing in the area formed by the plunger and base. This ...

... dome. Stringers do wind up falling into molds, and there are also folds, but ladle gathers result in a different appearance. The dribble and ...

In this picture you can see the portion of glass about the size required to fill a pony mold, complete with the ladle dribble and thread attached. Ladle pouring produced this result, while ball-gathering and the more ...

In this picture you can see how the dribble with it's thread attached fall into the mold and is quickly covered by the hotter glass from within the ladle. The hotter glass tends to re-melt the thicker part of the ...

In this picture you can see how there is always a drip attached to the side of the ladle which is submerged in the glass while scooping out the portion required for the mold. This dribble never actually drips off, it ...

In this picture you can see just how many thin glass stringers result from ladle gathering of glass. These stringers result from the hardening and stretching of glass drips as the ladle is moved from the furnace to the ...

... the ladle-pouring method of filling molds with glass. In this picture there are several glass ladles of different sizes. The large one to the ...

This one is aqua but has character from the small potstones which create a snow storm. Then you have this good sized bubble (open tot he pinhole) in the dome. The bubble runs from top of the dome to the dome extended ...

Embossed Brookfield with a #4 Mold number underneath. The extended domes rim is perfect...not easily found on these. Better yet is the color...tiger. Other than wire rubbing in the groove, this one is about as clean a ...

Found the 121 AM Tel & Tel in the same batch of insulators I purchased the 126 Brookfield Creb in last week with the amber stringers. This narrow neck CD 297 with four patent dated and others pending I purchased as ...

I'm asking $40 for this narrow necked CD 297 EIN 040 Fred M. Locke power insulator with for patent dates and others pending shipped anywhere in the lower 48 States. This insulator has many tiny fizzy bubble and a few ...

The one on left, came from Florida Fugitive Outlaw Dave Justice. He coined a new descriptive term, at least I, nor several others were aware. He calles this one "The toll, with the Chicken Skin Dome". Makes ...

This is not a good picture. Mike Miller had named a particular toll color "Eaton Blue" as it was unique to a line which ran from Eaton Colorado to ???? Waiting on more info from Mike, who doesn't do ...

Assorted purple's - one at right front, by way of Capt. Kirk. Others were in my gang of stuff. Left rear un-embossed Denver mold.

Check out the microsopic lines around the body of the two cross tops. They seem to be from the same mold. The two colors above (straw and ice blue) are the only ones I have with faint lines. Any ideas what caused this ...

Here is a really tough Mine Insulator to find in really good condition. Embossed Special Mine Insulator Jeffrey Mfg Co Columbus, Ohio Patent Sept 25, 1894. Aqua in color. Has a bruise at the front base. This creates an ...

Went to a local flea market. Met a man (vender #1) that sold all the insulators he had to a man (vender #2)who ran another booth. I checked them out and they were all commons that were marked up to 3-4 dollars each ...

Up for your consideration is this 121.4 1871/AU in a neat light green. Damage consists of a 1/4" super shallow base chip at the left mold line. Priced at $50.00 plus actual shipping. Thanks again!

... There are three different "K" molds, this is a variant of one of those. In the front center of the dome, there are two embossed rivet ...

Here's a lineup of Tolls that are attributed to Denver Glass Houses. The R.GOOD, WFG & WGM are obvious Denvers. The unembossed & AM TEL pieces shown here have a strong connection to Denver Glass Houses per ...

Here is one of the most popular early Brookfields. This CD 133 is strongly embossed W. BROOKFIELD over 6 over 55 FULTON ST over N.Y. On the reverse is CAUVET'S over PAT over JULY 25 1865. Very bold mold line and neat ...

From Britain, not a commoner. Creamy glaze porcelain with a bell shape skirt on one end. About 3-3/4 inches long and in mint condition. MMWT 201 in a circle is inked on the body. 10B/16414 and what looks to be a Phoenix ...

From Britain, not a commoner. Creamy glaze porcelain with a bell shape skirt on one end. About 3-3/4 inches long and in mint condition. MMWT 201 in a circle is inked on the body. 10B/16414 and what looks to be a Phoenix ...

Not your usual damaged / stained insulator. Excellent condition for this CD in aqua. Two patent dates on the reverse skirt. Mold line over the dome. $190 shipped within the Continental US. Reduced to $150 plus shipping

The lizard skin look and the ripples are not what a normal glass insulator would have..It looks like it took minutes to pour it or someone heated glass into a mold with a blow torch and it just flowed into it as it ...