This one is a drop dead gorgeous shade of TRUE Sapphire blue. It is the same as the Sapphire HG Co beehives only a tad darker. There is no Cobalt, Peacock, Electric or any other influence in this piece. It is PURE ...
Posted by Mike Finneke on April 25, 2004 - 1.4kb
CD 106 Gayner No 90 with a small 12 underneath. Might be one for the specialist who doesn't have this mold number. Price $3.00. I can use the new flat rate shipping boxes and ship multiple insulators for 1 low price of ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on April 25, 2004 - 0.3kb
CD 151 H.G. CO. PATd MAY 2nd 1893. I thought the swirl lines on the dome were interesting with a bean sized bubble right in the front. Match the mold on this one to one of your more exotic colors. Drip points on both ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on April 25, 2004 - 0.4kb
CD 145 N.E.G.M. in stunning SAPPHIRE BLUE. Embossed N.E.G.M.CO. on the front skirt. This is the REAL DEAL!!! This seldom offered for sale insulator displays VNM as you can see in the photo. There is some damage however. ...
Posted by Mike Finneke on April 17, 2004 - 0.8kb
I would like to trade this light jade Mouse for some Brookfield 133's, 131's, 101's, or 102. Mouse is the "Other" version with just a patent date on the front and the back skirt. Damage consist of : a chip to ...
Posted by Jim Peach on April 15, 2004 - 0.8kb
This is a CD 131.4 [010] - embossed (front skirt) L.G.T.& CO. (rear skirt) PAT JAN 25 1870/PAT FEB 22 1870 - I do not see any periods on this one...and the F is missing the lower horizontal line. Embossing is good ...
Posted by Bill Winters on April 9, 2004 - 1.2kb
Here is another set of twin insulators. This pair did not come from the same mold, as the star is different on each. They are a short and tall twin pair. The right one is 3 and 3/16" tall while the left one is 3 ...
Posted by Doug Netzke on April 4, 2004 - 0.3kb
A while back there was a thread about twin insulators. I have finally got around to getting a picture of my contribution.
I bought these two CD 102 BAR/<> at an antique flea market for a couple of bucks. When I ...
Posted by Doug Netzke on April 4, 2004 - 0.6kb
Here's the base of the 143 possible threadless mold.
Posted by Tom Murphy on April 4, 2004 - 0.1kb
This Hemi No.8 is the small mold. It is a full of enough steam and bubbles that it almost looks jade in certain lights. This came off the local circuit arm on the AT&T main, just west of Spokane, Wa.
Posted by Brent Burger on April 4, 2004 - 0.2kb
Another angle of the possible threadless mold.
Posted by Tom Murphy on April 3, 2004 - 0.0kb
What do you think? Is this a 743.3 with threads??? Don't know to much about the unembossed 143's.Thanks
Posted by Tom Murphy on April 3, 2004 - 0.1kb
I consider CD 143's and 147's to be a part of the Beehive specialty, so I'm throwing this one in too. Although completely covered in train soot when I found him, once again, oxalic (and a little elbow grease!) makes all ...
Posted by David Hawkins on March 23, 2004 - 0.6kb
... embossing is one of the first beehives molds made, because the Rear Skirt has no embossing, meaning the patent hadn't been granted yet? If you ...
Posted by David Hawkins on March 23, 2004 - 0.4kb
Nice EC&M tin mold insulator. Found at Wise Creek near Ophir, Calif. after a high water runoff! Full of bubbles and a little amber!
Posted by Carl D. Scott on March 23, 2004 - 0.1kb
CD 113 Star in a yellow/olive color. That's the best I can describe it as. VVNM. Has a couple of minor mold imperfections. Tiny. Also, the star is pushed into the insulator. Probably happened while it was still hot.
$44 ...
Posted by Lee Lickiss on March 19, 2004 - 0.4kb
I picked up this nice light green C-mold EC&M from Chico for a reasonable price. There were 37 EC&M's for sale there! Including three greens, a cobalt, an amber or two and lots of aquas. There were 4-5 CEW ...
Posted by Bill Ostrander on March 16, 2004 - 0.3kb
These are what I believe are true twins, found on the same pole, probably from the same box, and from the same mold. The true color is a green base with an amber streaked overlay from iron contamination, giving an ...
Posted by Dick Mallory on March 15, 2004 - 0.3kb
... 1870s. These are from 2 different '3' molds. Both are damaged. The green aqua one, which is the rarer color, has 3 frost pops on the wire ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on March 14, 2004 - 0.6kb
CD 106 Lynchburg [060] in an unlisted green with olive swirls. The mold numbers on the front and back are a 12. Small mold line chip takes out 1 drip. 2 other drips partially flaked. Great looking color. Dome shows a ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on March 14, 2004 - 0.4kb
5 CD 127 Brookfield insulators. Hand picked from a collection of about 30. These were the nicest and about as nice as one can expect to find for these early beauties. A few have a small base flake or 2 but overall these ...
Posted by Dave Wiecek on March 11, 2004 - 0.7kb
this has a mint wire groove with white sone in dome.
inner skirt is vvnm with a very small rough pot no glass missing.
base skirt has a small twist of milk after the H.G.Co and a 2 inch sliver chip that runs on the ...
Posted by Paul Rosenberger on March 7, 2004 - 0.5kb
With discussions regarding the CD 145 flat top K mold I discovered another flat top variety in my collection. Not sure how common this CD 114 flat top is - I'm no expert on these. It sure is different though.
Posted by Andy Wadysz on March 6, 2004 - 0.2kb
This baby is textured, looks like freezing rain got on it. The color looks sagey-aqua and is crown embossed Pat. Dec.19 1871 Back crown-5. The cond. is shallow base flakes. Nothing real bad. Price is $20+ shipping. And ...
Posted by Tom Murphy on March 6, 2004 - 0.2kb
... making sure there are no insulators or molds hidden away. The flash of the camera makes it seem like daylight, but it was pitch black. The ...
Posted by Bob Stahr on March 2, 2004 - 0.2kb
