CD 151 [070] HG CO / Petticoat leaning strongly to the left or the right when viewed head on... didn't someone recently say port or starboard? At first I thought this piece was perfectly mint but looking again I noticed ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on October 20, 2006 - 0.7kb
I mean tonged signal... sorry about that. CD 162 [240] Hemingray Patent May 2 1893. The neat thing about this one is the dome is squished down and to the side. On the front, the upper wire groove ridged is bent and ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on October 20, 2006 - 0.9kb
... result of the original J Stolle Neiman molds being salvaged and remarked after the Soviet takeover of the glass factories in Poland ...
Posted by Edward Brown on October 19, 2006 - 1.3kb
One on left has some pretty amber swirls floating around in it; other has a bunch of lines crisscrossing the dome and skirt area..not amber but not stress lines either...just some junk from the mold. $15 pp Thanks!
Posted by Matthew Poage on October 18, 2006 - 0.2kb
It isn't really glass, it isn't really porcelain, what can it be made of? Porcelain generally doesn't have mold lines ir embossing. Doesn't look as "cement" as the previouslt posted one.
Update: After ...
Posted by Edward Brown on October 18, 2006 - 0.4kb
Here's a couple of nice beehives. A crude Hawley and a "B" mold Brookfield Creb.
Posted by (private) on October 17, 2006 - 0.1kb
Aqua item; pretty clean and shiny overall. Some shallow base flaking alongside the backside near the mold line (mold # B). Very shallow flake near where the pinhole starts...not bad and doesn't detract. Base/threads are ...
Posted by Matthew Poage on October 16, 2006 - 0.2kb
CD 133 closest index is [220] Brookfield. Front embossing in an arc on the dome is W. BROOKFIELD 1 55 FULTON ST. On the skirt is ER with 2 dots after the R. The ER is the sloppiest afterthought embossing I've seen. It ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on October 15, 2006 - 0.8kb
CD 135 [020] shoulder embossed CHI INS CO PAT OCT 16 1883. Nice blue with a good amount of steam, blubbles and a few amber stringers to boot. 1 dot mold. The base plate on this mold has consistent looking mill marks. I ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on October 15, 2006 - 0.9kb
CD 121 [010] R. Good Jr. in a great purple... not too light and not too dark. Passes light well without needing intense backlighting. This is the 1 dot mold with the comma between the Denver & Colo. On the back, 16 ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on October 15, 2006 - 0.6kb
CD 162 [070] H.G.Co. Patent May 2 1893 in a wonderful Electric Blue. This appears to be the same pretty Electric Blue the CD 257 Mickey Mouses come in. Really fabulous condition to boot. There are 2 partially flaked ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on October 15, 2006 - 0.9kb
The CD 133 is a classic insulator style that can vary quite a bit in shape from one mold to another. This one has a narrow, squared-off dome. It was manufactured by Hemingray, and has the H.G. Co. embossing in front. On ...
Posted by Sandia Harrison Polivka on October 14, 2006 - 0.3kb
... in comparison to the smaller embossing molds ...
Posted by Chris Renaudo on October 13, 2006 - 0.5kb
In addition to CREB 145 beehives, I specialize in Brookfield CD 136 B&Os. I've even written an article on them in CJOW. Still, until recently I never noticed the embossing variations on the older style Brookfield ...
Posted by Chris Renaudo on October 13, 2006 - 0.4kb
CD 126 creb made with a 3 piece mold. The embossing on the dome is circular, similar to that found on some CD 127s. Also one of the thread patent dates is an error in that it is 1879 vice 1870.
Posted by Tom Forbes on October 9, 2006 - 0.2kb
... side up. Obviously from two different molds but made back to back. Anybody else ever see this? (Posted by my dad, not me ...
Posted by Anthony Eiting on October 8, 2006 - 0.4kb
As nice as it looks in the photo. Blue with a strong mold line over the dome. Just a couple of small, shallow chips along the uppper ridge of the wire groove. Looks like just a tad of factory roughness along the inner ...
Posted by Doug MacGillvary on October 6, 2006 - 0.3kb
Embossed with a Large Diamond in a reworked mold. Color is a guess, pretty piece that is mint. Asking $15 shipped. Will accept trades.
Posted by Tony Unruh on October 5, 2006 - 0.1kb
Embossed with a tiny Diamond in a reworked mold. Color is a guess, pretty piece that is very near mint. Asking $15 shipped. Will accept trades.
Posted by Tony Unruh on October 5, 2006 - 0.1kb
Picked up some nice Star 162's and Brookfield 162.3's after about 3 hours of moving crossarms. The Stars are loaded with amber - enough to turn a couple of them almost olive green. We also found some Petticoat 145's ...
Posted by Anthony Eiting on October 3, 2006 - 0.3kb
No Embossing (050) I think ?? This is about as close to Mint as can be found 2 very tiny outer skirt/base pecks. I had to look it over quite a few times before i noticed them. The color is a good greeny aqua, this might ...
Posted by Steve Goodell on October 1, 2006 - 0.4kb
MLOD, (020) SB, Bluey Aqua some area's of lower wire groove nibbles and a small spot of outer skirt flakes at the mold line. Displays great. Price $35..00 postage included both sides of the 49th. Payment by usual ...
Posted by Steve Goodell on October 1, 2006 - 0.3kb
A great looking CD 267 No 4 CABLE. Better than the picture, believe it or not. A real solid deep aqua color throughout. There is a 1/2 thumb nail size bruise at the base of the skirt at the mold line on the right side. ...
Posted by Doug MacGillvary on September 29, 2006 - 0.5kb
If you are going to put one large insulator into your collection, it should be a JUMBO. This CD 140 has the JUMBO embossing on the skirt and the base is embossed OAKMAN M'F'G'CO BOSTON There is a skirt chip on the ...
Posted by Doug MacGillvary on September 29, 2006 - 0.7kb
Same-mold insulators recently acquired from Belarus...one bright cobalt, the other light SCA with darker red-purple swirls. Enjoy!
Posted by Mike Gay on September 29, 2006 - 0.1kb
