Here's another one. What is it? Mold pattern? Lathe guide? Insulator-related? See another angle at .

Another view of Mystery Item Number 2. Mold pattern or lathe guide for part of a porcelain multi-part? Other suggestions? Close-up of the next contestant can be seen at .

Another mystery piece. Insulator-related? See comments at , and proceed to for another view.

... they? I don't know. Patterns for making molds? Guides used for turning these parts on a lathe? I know nothing about machining or mold-making, so ...

Hemingray No.9 PATENT May 2, 1893 - The #2 in the date seems to have been free-handed., it's formed differently than the mold.

CD 303/310 Muncie two-piece in NM condition. Base is mint. Top has a bruise and short stress crack at right mold line, small flake on innermost skirt, and a small ping by the wire groove. (See Muncie Picture 2) 99.9% of ...

CD 303/310 Muncie two-piece showing bruise at right mold line. *SOLD*

Here's my two favorite insulators, unfortunately, I couldn't say which one I like more, so, I just photographed both. Anyways, on the left we have a SMOKE no embossing - Canada CD 143 MLOD [whittle mold]. And, on the ...

We got to get out and do a little scrounge mission yesterday. Here's a couple of H.G. CO. Petticoat beehives. These were the best ones of the find (8 in total). Left is an "M" mold, middle is a backwards ...

... , it's probably just from before the molds were fully machined to the extent they were when they were used to mass produce these things. ...

This one appears to be a regular hemi-42 at first sight, but really, it isn't. The embossing on the rear skirt lacks the acronym: U.S.A., so it only reads "MADE IN " This one's quite interesting, I have two ...

I would like any info on this Brookfield Is it a CD 121? has two bands that go right around the skirt, Brookfield id Embossed between these bands it has a rounded base with mold lines extended on base,, glass is full of ...

This crude insulator is an early Brookfield variant (note small o in "Co," with handwritten lettering. The cold mold swirl marks and large bubble add extra character to the nice light amber swirling. This also ...

CD 121 AM TEL & TEL CO in purple. According to Mike Miller, this is mold IV. About as close to mint as you can find. A very tiny base flake and a tiny pin head tick on the wire groove. Most would call this mint. ...

These pieces were pyroglazed at the factory. This is the same type of application used on bottles so I think either someone was fooling around at the factory and decided to do some insulators (my vote for most likely) ...

It turned out to be a pretty nice day. 41 degrees and partly sunny. We hadn't been back to this line since last summer when it was 95+ degrees. We found 15 Petticoats, 2 BBOOKFIELD CD 152's, and various other stuff. Fun ...

Not sure if it is a 134 or a 134.4. Probably a 134 NN Pennycuick as it has a dot at the top of the pin hole. It looks like part of the glass got left in the mold when they removed it. part of the piece has a raised ...

A tough insulator to find in good shape! This CD 125 is embossed Hemingray W.U. No 5 on front and Patent May 2 1893 on back with sharp drip points. The color is gray with some purple mainly in the dome. The condition is ...

On our first day we captured a few "CREB's". This one had the elusive #5 mold! Lee Brewer had just asked me at the Springfield show to check and see if we had any #5's. Love them CREB's!

I picked this up at the Tulare show from Dwayne Anthony. What did Hemingray do to this mold when they added drip points? It looks like they didn't do much finish work to the dome mold. The threads come down almost to ...

Lee Brewer and I discovered several new 145 CREB variants we hadn't previously run across. This one has both the shop number 12 and the letter A on different sides of the crown. Obviously a case where Brookfield was ...

It was a pleasure to meet Kim Borgman in person and share in his interest of CD 106 -Hemingray 9s. Getting to enjoy the hobby from another collectors point of view is always rewarding. It wasn't hard to find many ...

We went on a hunt today (Sat. the 2nd of November, 2002) while you are all at the Mid-Ohio show (WWHHAAAAA!!!!). Anyways, Here is a Hemi-40 CD 152 that I spotted near a pole that has the dome number "8". which ...

Here's a picture showing the typical Hemingray mold lines. Take note of the rectangular area near the base where the mold lines meet. It looks similar to a repair and many Hemingray's have this. It is most evident on ...

Here's one you don't see too often. I did not even know these existed five years ago! Closely related to a Hemi No.8 Small Mold. Note the extremely sharp lower wire ridge edge. Just begs to be chipped and flaked!