Thanks to Richard Case, Paul Greaves, and David Dahle for responding to my request. It seems that the blot outs were added to beef up a weak spot in the mold. It is interesting that there are ten blot outs. It makes ...
Posted by (private) on October 15, 2008 - 0.3kb
Wow, what a good looking insulator. A nice rich cornflower blue. Embossed on the front skirt H. G. CO. and on the reverse PETTICOAT. Looks like those dasterly lineman`s pliers nibbled away at the wire groove. In the ...
Posted by Doug MacGillvary on October 13, 2008 - 0.6kb
All CD 102 diamonds Top Left is a [050] It is light aqua, damage consists of a few faint bb dings, and a chipped drip point (only one), other than that is is a great piece. Top middle is a [040] in light aqua, 1/4 inch ...
Posted by Eric Flewelling on October 12, 2008 - 1.3kb
...and a final pic of the halves together again. So, whaddya think? I'm not sure what other products may have been made at the Canadian Ohio Brass Co., but this looks to me like it might have been for some sort of ...
Posted by Mike Csorbay on October 8, 2008 - 0.3kb
A (slightly out of focus) view of the "rear" of the mold... When the halves are together it measures approximately 6 3/16" long, 4 3/8" wide and 5 11/16" tall.
Posted by Mike Csorbay on October 8, 2008 - 0.2kb
Forgot we had this item that we "found" in our garage yesterday. We picked it up from an antique store some years ago. It apparently came out of the old Canadian Ohio Brass Co. factory when they wrecked it ...
Posted by Mike Csorbay on October 8, 2008 - 0.5kb
Dome embossing of the CD 121 Brookfield with five large and five small 'blots'.
Posted by Mike Eiting on October 2, 2008 - 0.1kb
Dome embossed X2, this CD 121 has five large round 'dots' and five small 'dots' which blotted out prior embossing engraved on the mold. The question is: What exactly was blotted out? Does O .O O O. :O. cover A.T. & ...
Posted by Mike Eiting on October 2, 2008 - 0.2kb
There are at least three different molds that have 5 large blots and a number of smaller blots ...
Posted by Lee Southern on September 30, 2008 - 0.3kb
Nice CANADIAN PACIFIC RY CO CD 143 in light blue aqua with a nice olive-ish splash in the threads. This must have been a cold mold because the surface is very bumpy and crude. There are a few minor chips on the base. ...
Posted by Todd Grueninger on September 29, 2008 - 0.2kb
Here's a home made or hand made Commemorative that I picked up. It is embossed on the crown front MAY 3, 1864 with the Y backwards and the three backwards, and on the skirt, G.T.CO. AUG. 24, 1852. It's the one on the ...
Posted by Larry Rogers on September 29, 2008 - 0.4kb
Just a couple tiny nicks at the mold line from mint.
Posted by Andy Wadysz on September 28, 2008 - 0.1kb
For sale here is a very vibrant CD 126. It's bright olive green leaning towards chartreuse. This is the [420] embossing. There is a skirt fracture near the right-rear mold line that is about an inch tall. Displays mint ...
Posted by (private) on September 27, 2008 - 0.3kb
This Brookfield [230] is loaded with streaks of amber throughout the dome; combined with this deep color it really stands out on a shelf. The only damage is confined to the base. Like many of these, there is a small ...
Posted by Zac Mirecki on September 26, 2008 - 0.6kb
CD 134 PATENT In Hemingray Blue - [040] - Condition is VVNM with only a rough outer circumference at the base, where the plunger separates from the main body of the mold - otherwise mint. Books for $200-250 - since this ...
Posted by Steve Wessel on September 24, 2008 - 0.3kb
New price: $825 shipped and insured to your door!
OK, this is one of my best depression green petticoats that I found about 13 years ago in southern Idaho and is the last one I have. The condition and character on ...
Posted by Chris Seamons on September 24, 2008 - 1.4kb
This is a very unusual & tough piece: could be a sleeper. The glass is a "celestial" blue, like a glowing cornflower blue. The dome has purple in it, creating a very beautiful piece. Caleb Thimell posted a ...
Posted by David Leo on September 23, 2008 - 0.6kb
Two nice pieces from Columbia:
CD 154 Zicme nice purple & bubbles; VVNM, $125 shipped (way under book!)
CD 154 unembossed, short mold. light purple; few ticks. $75 shipped
Posted by David Leo on September 23, 2008 - 0.2kb
Here are 2 CD 133 No.20 both (010) with tiny 0 on the dome. The 1st is a bubbly green aqua with a tiny tick on the dome and a pinky nail flake off the base. The 2nd is a bright yellow green with a bb ping on the dome ...
Posted by Jeff Hartzler on September 22, 2008 - 0.3kb
Outstanding condition for one of these - about 4 scattered light pecks with no glass missing and a real thin 1/4" skirt flake at the left mold line at the base. You are looking at it in the picture - hard to ...
Posted by Andy Wadysz on September 22, 2008 - 0.3kb
Here you go Claude. I was pretty sure I had one but I didn't want to say anything until I found it. A Whitall Tatum No.1/mold number 13. Found on a former B&O line in eastern Ohio in 1998.
Posted by Ken Schanz on September 20, 2008 - 0.2kb
Here is an insulator that no one seems to know about i found in a junk shop in springfield MO it has no embossing on it i believe it was the first insulator of the day at the factory and turned out a cold mold anybody ...
Posted by Paul Beaty on September 20, 2008 - 0.3kb
Here is a base picture of the same insulator. This is not a break in the glass! With close inspection you can see that just a bit less glass than would be necessary was placed into the mold. Somehow this one one skipped ...
Posted by (private) on September 20, 2008 - 0.3kb
I have what I believe is an unlisted CD 133 embossed with PATENT over DEC.19/1871 on the dome front, with a small F on skirt also in front, then the number 3 on the back dome.3-piece mold. It is what I would call a ...
Posted by Larry Rogers on September 19, 2008 - 0.4kb
I bought this unsuual piece today along with some others. Does anyone know anything about it? It kind of look hand made. It is bright red, with the embossing PAT and then MAY 3, 1864, all backwards on the dome and ...
Posted by Larry Rogers on September 18, 2008 - 0.3kb