This is the somewhat desirable no lower wire groove lip variant of the CD 127. The neat thing about this one is that the threading, which is very smooth and slightly offset (kind of like you sometimes see on EC&Ms) ...

For your reference are the two mold variants in the California, CD 152, Hoopskirt insulator. The green on the left is the more common mold type. Notice the fuller, more squarish dome, the shoulders on the skirt and if ...

Profiles of Hamilton base round bottom pieces and two MLAB - mold line around base pieces

On the right is the first Hemingray No.9, offered BEFORE the drip point patent of May 2 1893. On the left is the same mold, modified with a dripped base mold plate. These often have what essentially look like ROUND ...

Too bad for the chips.

The insulator on the right was one of my first finds. It sat on a shelf covered in soot until yesterday when I soaked it in oxalic acid. The soot was covering an interesting color, it's sort of gray, smokey with almost ...

One of the classic EC&M molds, the D, or "Tin" mold is distinctive in that it has parallel lines along the mold line, ...

Pretty color in an unusual mold. The upper wire groove is especially thicker than normal. I can count on one hand the number of these I've seen. How about you?

Seven of the drip points on this Hemingray 42 are pointed or conical, while all the rest are uniformly round. I don't think this was an underpour, but an incomplete machining of the mold. I'm speculating that the mold ...

Mixed drips (round and sharp) up close & personal. All but seven of the drip points on this otherwise ordinary Hemingray 42 are uniformly rounded. I believe that the pointed conical odd-balls were resulted from ...

I picked this HGCO beehive out of a pile of aqua ones. Even with the dirt on it, it sparkled! This one is an "M" mold.

We went back out hunting again today and pulled a few more pieces....The CREB is another of those with the "FAB" error, mold #1 in a very pretty green with amber swirls. Check out the nice little CD 160 ...

I was lucky enough to find both mold variants of the California 102 with good dome glass. And both have nice milky junk in them too!

... " of the blobtop Double-Star 2 molds and a Double-Star with wedge drips - both with nice dome glass! The SB unit runs from a nice green ...

This photo shows the two different mold types from Sterling and later, Harloe - All with nice dome glass!

This photo shows the mold lineage from Sterling to Harloe to Star - All with nice dome glass!

I am posting this for sale notice for Ron Norton. For Sale: Beautiful Sapphire Blue CD 145 N.E.G.M. beehive. A super color that puts even strong blue aqua's to shame! Condition is good with just a 3/8" by 1/4" ...

Another unusual color that is only known in this early unembossed mold style. A lot of lavender purple swirls give it a two-tone effect. Majority of these I've seen in this mold have damage like this one. When's the ...

Not many of these around. Notice the taller size mold and the round drips. All other Zicme 154s have sharp drips except for a small handful of unembossed ones. Embossing on dome is typically weak and smallest of 3 sizes ...

I would've chunked this damaged Hemi-blue CD 162 if not for the curious incuse indention on the dome and the mix of sharp and round drip points. This photo shows the indention which is dime shaped and slightly rounded. ...

This is a new one for us. I could tell right away there was something "different" about the mold on the left. The star on the right is "typical" of a CD 162 star that we find around here, and when ...

CD 136.4 No Name Nice Bluey Aqua a few bubbles and a little milk in skirt and threads 2 Wire groove flakes 1/2" long parallel to each other plus a 11/2" wire groove chip and a 1/4'"ding on wire groove ...

Very underrated piece! These unembossed 154s were Zicmes short lived, first run pieces. How many of these have you seen? The skirt is inky blue and the dome is inky blue with lavender purple swirls in it. This ...

This is my best antique store find to date. A CD 123, EC&MCo, S.F. in aqua or blue(?). It is a B-mold: squared dome, straight skirt, button on reverse, small top loop ampersand. There is a whack on the back, with a ...

Here's a nice insulator in super condition. No damage that I can detect including the sharp drip points. Picture doesn't show it, but there is a long angel hair pasta sized milk swirl dancing up and down at the right ...