I bought this for a friend. Color is not unusual but the surface/texture is crude. Is this the result of glass being poured in too cold of a mold, i.e., a cold pour?

First 15.00 shipping included gets this CD 143 CanPac with a large bubble at the mold line has one very small base flake from mint .

Well... just aqua actually. Nice mint piece with some obvious retooling on the dome. There is a mold line around the dome and an outline of an oval touching that mold line. Also has the L in an oval on the dome top. ...

Probably too hot when it came out of the mold.

Here are two ordinary Hemingray-45s, but they are my oldest and my newest! The one on the left was made in 1938 and carries the date code 12-38 with no dots after the 38. The one on the right is marked 38-50 : : : : : : ...

This is typical of all the Coolie's I have seen. Note the embossing is flattened into the glass, almost like recessed embossing to use the porcelain term. Also look at the incredible ghost embossing! The whole second ...

Overall this insulator is in very good condition. It has the typical base nibbling. There is also a lot of mold roughness on this insulator. The only real damage is to the bottom corner, there is a thumbnail size chip ...

This is a very nice B-mold Variant 1, 4 1/4" tall E.C. & M. Co in Medium Aqua color. It is close to one already in the collection so has been deemed surplus. It is being offered to ICON members before it is ...

CD 136 [040] (F-Crown) (ARC) W. BROOKFIELD / 45 CLIFF ST. N.Y.{NOTE THE "N" IS BACKWARD in N.Y.} (F-Skirt) B&O ( R-Crown) #1 / PAT / JAN 25 the 1870 {NOTE THE "N" IS BACKWARD in JAN} MOLD LINE ...

CD 164 B.C.DRIP [020 - Light Aqua - Neat large bold embossing; Oh I wish this was a smooth base! Of course, anything with SDP has to have some damage, and this does. Most of the drip damage is centered around the left ...

B.T.C with ANADA over Montreal, purple mold defect(roughness) takes out the usual M but also the C. $50.00 postage included in US Funds. Thanks for looking.

CD 126 Brookfield from the 1880's. 45 Cliff St address, 2 dates and no dome number. $7.00.

CD 126 Brookfield from the 1880's. 55 Fulton St. address, 3 dates and an 8 on the dome. Small glass mold fin too! $7.00.

This Insulator looks like a CD 134.4 but is a Brookfield! It has a thick base. It has a Mold Line Over Dome. Update: Turns out that this is a CD 134... Drawing is vary misleading in the price guide!

A real beauty from up North! This CD 102 is embossed with a single Diamond on the skirt. The color is a medium teal blue that passes light very well. The condition is good, has a 1.5" shallow flat sliver off the ...

The specimen on the left is the result of radiation exposure. It was recently exposed to a radiation source for the NIA Altered Insulators Educational Exhibit. The original color was medium aqua. Watch out for those ...

Here is a nice teal aqua E.C&M. with a large graphite bubble on the right mold line. There is a base chip below the bubble but it does not touch and the bubble is intact. Has a ton of micro bubbles as well. Fun ...

This is a great piece I bought from eBay. The name is blotted off on top of the ear. The nice thing about it is half of the drips are round and the other half are sharp. The RDP change into SDP right at the mold line. ...

Well, you learn something new everyday. I received an email about this insulator. I had it listed as a deformed CD 152. Come to find out its a more "squatty" mold variation. Very interesting. I've owned it ...

... against Novelty, and inherited their molds as part of the settlement. It wouldn't take much for Brookfield to determine who the customer for ...

Here is a almost pristine CD 123 ECM CO. A nice light bluish aqua color. Some steam and fizz. Also a little streak of amber in the skirt at the right mold line. Some thick overpour glass lines on the mold lines. Two ...

Here is a VVNM CD 263 Hemingray Columbia in a nice green aqua color. Nice amber swirling in the left ear. There is a teeny nick base edge flake just in front of the left mold line, a 1/4 inch long section of inner skirt ...

Here is an outstanding color for a beehive. A golden/yellow/amber HG CO Petticoat. Embossing index [130] - I mold. Lots of fizz in the glass. This one is not mint. There is a skirt crack that starts just to the left of ...

I just noticed a mold-line around the skirt of my tall Brookfield CD 101. This one has the No. 9 on the back. Compared to the "regular" one on the right, the mold line is right where the base is on the ...

Since this was for demonstration purposes only, an annealing oven was not present. To possibly save a few of the finished insulators from cooling too quickly and self-destructing, they were placed in vermiculite and ...