It doesn't take much to make an insulator collector happy. Try this combination. A new insulator, in a beautiful colour, and a nice sunny day. And I just happened to have my camera handy. Let's get back to the colourful ...

The glass BORGO N°1 between two porcelain UFOs: the bigger one is marked RICHARD GINORI and dates 1934.

I have not seen such a variety of colours of horizontal stripes in any one style of insulator, and I have never before seen a diagonal stripe on a marker insulator. Have you ??? I am curious if this diagonal stripe is a ...

I was looking at some recent Italian acquisitions when I realized I had a very similar style insulator in my collection. On closer inspection I noted the profiles were slightly different, and the partial name shown on ...

All thatis missing from a complete set is the larger sized porcelain "T6" spool. These were reportedly used in southern regions of Italy in the early 1900s, when electrical requiremsnts were a lot less than ...

This porcelain "portafusibile" fuse holder shows its electrical and mounting hardware. Similar size as the CD 650 glass MIVA T5S, manufacturer unkown, probably Richard Ginori or Verbano. Dimensions are 8 cm ...

These insulators were all used for house and building "low voltage" (240 VAC, 5-10 Amps) power distribution. The T5s (CD 648) and T5S-S (CD 650) "spooks" were used outside the building, and then ...

These just arrived Monday direct from Italy. Two MIVA // T5 "low voltage "power distribution insulators, the T5 carried the neutran side of the 240VAC line, and the T5-S "spook" carried the hot side ...

Here's a really cool baby Cordeaux porcelain insulator. It has the classic salt glaze found on the older late 1880-1900 era insulators made in England. It measures a mere 2 3/8 inches wide by 3 5/8 inches tall. ...

Here is a piece I got from eBay awhile ago but just finished taking it apart and cleaning it up. This Richard Ginori spook is mint as is all the original hardware. Thanks for looking, Enjoy!

In my possession I have this "mushroom" style insulator, that originates from a collection of insulators from a technical school in Belgium. It is very well made of high quality porcelain, with thin and ...

I have these six insulators coming to me from Italy, CD 648 MIVA T-5s, and small CD 650 T5-S "spooks" in emerald green and light aqua glass, and their porcelain equivalents. These were used as distribution ...

Here are shown all mw brown Padernos: the light brown one is a FIL used for the telephone line of an old railroad, the new item is in the middle of the group. Padernos are a very lucky family: in relatively small ...

... Nice find: Romanian Spook, some Turda porcelains, And the right down one: the "two tone", it needs my light box ...

CN 560, insulator for 3 kV service, in the VERBANO version. This unipart has been in production for circa 40 yrs. by all the main porcelain factories. The insulator of the pic dates 1950/1960s

This is an old photo and I do not know exactly when this picture was taken. However there are white porcelain insulators on this line. The poles and "crossarms" appear to have been assembled from metal pipes. ...

Very similar to the Weitschirm style, this 4 shells small insulator has been described in the RICHARD GINORI catalog as a Paderno. The incuse with the classic mark RICHARD GINORI dates this porcelain 1960s. The ...

Here's a strange shield embossing on a porcelain insulator found in Chile. Can't read the letters, but there is possibly a bold N in the bottom.

A porcelain gingerbread and a no-tie slot-top. These were on the opposite side of the house with the six gingerbreads (previous pic.)

Half a dozen gingerbreads. Four glass, two porcelain. The two at the bottom look kinda olive to me! These were on the opposite side of the house with the porcelain gingerbread and no-tie (see next pic.)

Two different sizes - pretty cool huh?

More T-bars and porcelains - these were at the other end of the drop shown in the previous pic ...

Three T-bars and three porcelains. Note that the top t-bar has split in two ...

A single porcelain T-bar.

Two uncommon things in this picture 1 - wooden pole (most poles are concrete), 2 - a brown porcelain pin type (most poreclains are white).