and yet another 20 mold.
Posted by Wesley Lirette on November 8, 2004 - 0.0kb
yet another 20 mold
Posted by Wesley Lirette on November 8, 2004 - 0.0kb
... Chris Sistrunk and he mentioned the 20 molds are in demand for tracking down, so here is another of mine ...
Posted by Wesley Lirette on November 8, 2004 - 0.2kb
Bought this one at an auction right down the street. Decided to keep it after it did not sell on eBay. Picture might not show it all that well, but my color experts say it is Yellow Green
Posted by Wesley Lirette on November 8, 2004 - 0.2kb
These photos are a result of a conversation at the 2004 National about cornflower blue, between Harold Jacobus and Lee Brewer. Lee was admiring Harold's H.G. Co. CD 145 (pictured here, on the left). It is true ...
Posted by Sandia Polivka on November 8, 2004 - 0.6kb
On the left a rare U-2 part mold insulator which you don't see much at all, next a beautiful colored pony with carved top & CRUDELY line carved base, finally, a dome DOUBLE embossed PP INC Stamp embossing. When will ...
Posted by Philip Mayhew on November 4, 2004 - 0.3kb
Here's a narrow dome variant Brookfield signal. Has a few small and shallow flakes on the upper wire ridge (on the right mold line). A few small rocks here and there and an thin amber stringer running up the back thread ...
Posted by Wayne Allen on November 4, 2004 - 0.3kb
A marking on the skirt. The numbers range from 2 to 25 on the units I have. No idea what this represents; mold or batch ?
Posted by Jim Decker on October 31, 2004 - 0.1kb
Here is a side-by-side comparison of a rare aqua "square dome" California hoopskirt, CD 152, on the left. Note the larger, more squarish dome and the shoulders on the skirt. This is the standard mold type ...
Posted by Colin Jung on October 24, 2004 - 0.6kb
Kinda sorta, but not really... Look closely at this CD 143 Great North Western Telegraph Co insulator, specifically between the yellow arrows. There is a mold repair that shows up on the glass as three circles all ...
Posted by Mike Csorbay on October 13, 2004 - 0.4kb
The CREB on the left is mine and the one on the right belongs to Chris Sistrunk. I went by Chris' house after work today and took these photos in bright sunshine. They are cousins made from the same #20 mold at the same ...
Posted by Elton Gish on October 12, 2004 - 0.4kb
Here are 5 different CD's. All 5 for $15 including shipping. Left to right: CD 102 Brookfield [020], green aqua with amber streaking, couple teeny base flakes, front dome scrape; CD 126 Brookfield [470], blue aqua, 1 ...
Posted by John Rajpolt on October 9, 2004 - 0.6kb
A vivid Orange Amber CD 164 {front skirt} HEMINGRAY - 20 {rear skirt} MADE IN U.S.A. . Condition : using my 8x magnifying glass I see flea bites (small white contact specks) in the following locations: [front] on the ...
Posted by Mark Grimek on October 9, 2004 - 0.8kb
CD 149 Pennycuick in a rather unusual light green to light green aqua color. The top of the pointed dome on this piece is one great big bubble. Apparent an air pocket formed as the threads were being made which left a ...
Posted by Mike Green on September 29, 2004 - 0.4kb
Here is a Telephone Pioneers of America mold and plunger. After the mold was used, it was cut in half to deface it to prevent making anymore insulators with it.
Posted by Randy Wesner on September 27, 2004 - 0.2kb
Here is another mold style, an Armstrong CD 203
Posted by Randy Wesner on September 27, 2004 - 0.0kb
Rick Soller brought some insulator molds to display. This is an Armstrong CD 230.2 mold ...
Posted by Randy Wesner on September 27, 2004 - 0.1kb
Here is a tough one to find. A CD 282 Knowles in a deep aqua color, full of micro bubbles and some snow. There is a 2 1/2 inch long, very shallow flake on the base, mostly on the inside edge. There is also a small chip ...
Posted by Kevin Kidd on September 26, 2004 - 0.5kb
This picture is light enough to show the distinct swirling of amber that creates the classic two tone effect. Careful observation showed us that they were both of the same mold, the color line was in exactly the same ...
Posted by Jackie Orcino on September 26, 2004 - 0.3kb
CD 145 Brookfield [020] with a wrinkled cold mold surface. Snow throughout and a particularly big goober near the mold line with a sliver of shiny metal on the outer skirt surface. Neat looking piece. Nice color too. ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on September 25, 2004 - 0.5kb
Light milk trails in front dome, heavy swirls in rear skirt. Tiny upper wire ridge nick in front, small inner skirt flake in rear, small surface stain below wire groove at right mold line. Cool piece. Delivered to you ...
Posted by John Rajpolt on September 25, 2004 - 0.2kb
I was recently examining my CD 133's and 134's and noticed something unusual. The CD 133 [030] and the CD 134 [080] are both the same embossing: (F-Skirt) HEMINGRAY / PATENT MAY 2 1893 (R-Skirt) STANDARD SDP. I have ...
Posted by Christian Willis on September 23, 2004 - 0.7kb
Here we have the [015] square wire groove variants of CD 214. The piece on the left is the tall variant, almost 1/4" taller than the normal mold (center.) On the right is the short variant, which is about 1/4" ...
Posted by Christian Willis on September 23, 2004 - 0.5kb
CD 126.3 Brookfield price guide index [101] with the DAUVET instead of CAUVET spelling error. 3 patent dates. Large backwards #2 on the front dome. Cold mold wrinkles on the DAUVET side and small bubbles throughout. ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on September 20, 2004 - 0.6kb
... with the No. 1 mold atop, and highest molds on the bottom. Atop are an amber swirled and milk swirled pieces, respectively. Can anybody offer ...
Posted by David Hawkins on September 20, 2004 - 0.6kb