Here's a tough to find 7 1/8 inch Pyrex glass radio strain from France. Embossed: PYREX (front) MODELE DEPOSE (reverse) in crystal clear color. Embossing signifies the insulator is a registered and protected design. ...

Here's a new find: a 7 1/8 inch clear glass radio strain from France. Its marked "PYREX" (front) and "MODELE DEPOSE" (reverse). There is also a tiny mold number 1 on the end by the eyelet on front. ...

This is a nice little piece. It is in mint condition. It is a MOLD model. The number on the top is 0. Has some very nice milk swirls and steam running throughout the entire piece. Also has some small bubbles. I got ...

CD 121 [010] AM TEL & TEL Co with a 2 mold number on the dome. These are far more difficult to come by than the no number straight sided purple ones believed to be of Denver origin. I searched the For Sale (Sold) ...

CD 133 Hemingray No. 20 [020]. Its aqua in color. A nickle sized flaking bruise on front dome and another on rear upper wire groove above Patent. 2 smaller bruises in rear but only 1 chipped drip. A little roughness ...

CD 283 Hemingray No. 1 Provo Type Power Piece [030]. Its Aqua in color and displays perfect. The back does have some damage. There is a crack extending from just infront of the left mold line that goes up to the wire ...

Here's a really cool rich Aqua (definitely not Light Aqua!) glass battery rest insulator that looks very similar to the larger size one reported by Ed Holland but unsure of his example's measurements. This one measures ...

CD 151 [140] H.G. CO. / PATd MAY 2, 1893 / PETTICOAT in a snowy aqua. On the dome is an interesting swirl pattern that looks like a giant 9 or a lower case G. Other than a small no glass missing bruise on the upper wire ...

I believe that I listed this CD 162 Star a while back and then decided to haul it off to some shows. The color is a beautiful yellow-green and the condition is very good but not perfect. There is a wee small chip on the ...

Here is an awesome CD 123 ECM in a medium to dark apple green. Nice crisp color and some milky waves in the front skirt. Condition is great. Inside of the skirts have some fine lines running all over - kinda like ...

CD 145 Brookfield(020) in dark yellow green. Has two front dome flea bites, small ping to front WG above OK. Has small scallop to rear skirt just below WG. Small base chip near right mold line. Nice color beehive with ...

... ) [Number]-38./MADE IN U.S.A. SB ... molds 2, 16, 17, 20, 22, 25 ...

... Same thing. Embossing matches exactly, molds are these different shapes ...

Here is a shot of the CD 124 No Name Crescent [015] (on right) and the Hemingray [040] on the left. Both appear to be made from the same mold. I have done masks of them and I'd bet the farm they were from the same mold. ...

CD 155 [020] (front skirt) KERR DP 1 (rear skirt) MADE IN U.S.A. 12 78, smooth base. Flat Top!!, clear color, mint condition. These were made in Dunkirk, Indiana when the mold was sent there to make some CD 155s after ...

A large blue aqua spool, with an embossing arrangement thus: [Top flange] E I V // A 22 [Bottom flange] (mold number) Glass dots on base, like miniature flat drip points, in two staggered rows. This insulator has ...

Both these have the earlier, prismic type embossings. The light blue one is of the more commonly seen mold style, and has two or three partially nicked drips and a pencil eraser tip sized very thin flake at bottom right ...

This old 126.3 is exceptionally well-embossed, but the 'C' in CAUVET looks an awful lot like a 'D'. It has three dates, reading on the back, 'CAUVET' in an arc, then under it, 'PAT', under this, 'JULY 25 1865/JAN 25 ...

CD 145 [005] G.N.W. TEL CO. with the G.T.P blot out. This is a somewhat uncommon embossing variant in this style. The lettering of the GNW is clearly different then the TEL CO part. There is also a light mold line where ...

Interesting mold on this 1948 specimen, 9B. Huh, these 42's are fun to collect because of all the mold #'s. CREBS of the 1940's you might say. =)

Here is a CD 124 Hemingray No.4 Patent May 2 1893 with sharp drip points in aqua. There is the inside of skirt chip seen in photo that affects three drips, a feather bruise on the skirt base at the left mold line that ...

... Depth might change with the age of the molds, but the shape of the letters were cut into hard iron which won't change by buildup of carbon, rust ...

... one can't go by that all the time as molds get clogged with soot) The ampersand is pretty upright, weak lower left swirl and it finishes ...

Here is where the normal thought patterns veer away into that of the truly warped and obsessed. It is recommended you tie a stout rope around one ankle so they can pull you out if you go in too deep... The period to ...

... grooves. I believe I have two different molds. Here you see the 5 different of these I have in my keg collection. For the sake of discussion, ...