More T-bars, spooks, a Paderno power piece, another power insulator, and ceramic strain with the wires still attached, another wall tube, and a Miva T-8 CD 529.5 in green. Porcelain is mostly Richard Ginori and Verbano.

This is the first half of a bulk purchase. T-bars, spooks, telephone and power pieces, glass strain "johnny ball", Pyrex FT-92 (1957), next to its two porelain cousins, and a small wall tube. Porcelain items ...

It's still on the metal pin and covered with the usual soot and goo that time in service deposits on an insulator in service. The same collector sent me this one, for its provenance. The light purple glass was used in ...

Two insulators, mfd by Richard Ginori, the most important italian porcelain factory: a spook dating 1950s, and a brown strain, a bit newer ('60s). Purchased in Pisa town last saturday

Today I got these four insulators, a couple porcelain RICHARD GINORI FT 92 found abandoned on a country wall, and two BORGO N° 263 B, that I asked (and obtained) from an old farmer in Garbarino di Rovegno, 50 miles from ...

A closer-up detail of the four striped porcelain insulators, three green, one red.

This is a porcelain "wall tube" for the entry of a wire into the building, then into the "knob and tube" style wiring. The "bell" end with the pink stripe would be located outsude, and ...

The "care package" from Italy arrived today! 14 insulators, 10 glass, 4 porcelain, one strange little "wall tube" and an arrestor (spark gap). The items are as follows, as described by the seller:: ...

This is a scanned page from the 1865 book "Der Telegraphenbau" by Rother. Here is the ancient French type of insulators, with the one-eared gingerbread pictured. Before the gingerbreads, the French used ...

Many porcelain spooks, RICHARD GINORI and VACCARI (two diffreent types), a few line insulators, and four green striped terminals (see other pic) of a type just discovered: we are very very satisfied................ it's ...

A new type just discovered: porcelain telephone terminals with double groove, wire groove on top, and green stripe! The hat of the insulator is held by a piece of copper wire! Fantastic!

a couple of VACCARI CN 142 porcelain spooks, dating 1950s: once rather common, but unusual insulators, in the XXI century. They were used fot the series connection of the public lamps.

Here two Weitschirms in porcelain and a purple Fidenza (replacement). Very interesting!

A small (80 mm / 3.125 inch) diameter porcelain insulator from Russia, incused with the letters TMK., inside of a circle. Photo provided by seller. This is the same size and similar shape to various CD 472 ...

A small (80 mm / 3.125 inch) diameter porcelain insulator from Russia, incused with the letters TMK., inside of a circle. This is the same size and similar shape to various CD 472 "N80" insulators. This ...

Large multipart by OB rescued from an abandoned line in northwestern Italy. On the same line weere taken some italian types, both in porcelain (FIL and RICHARD GINORI) and glass (MIVA A 480). Very interesting piece for ...

I'm not sure if this one is made of white milk glass or some composite formulation (seller says it's porcelain, but it doesn't look to be), I'll post the results here when it arrives in a couple of weeks. Couple minor ...

This is the last insulator I got from the wall of the hospital where I work, after my arrival at Genoa. A good welcome that this town gave me!

Rescued yesterday from a pole of an old railroad: the insulator in a large bell in brown porcelain marked Richard Ginori. 1960s.

This pole with 4 insulators in porcelain, type Paderno, all broken, is still in service in Genoa town. The two elements in glass on the crossarm are protection for the line.

Back home I took this picture, about my last find: two 1Um red striped insulators, and two indoor insulators marked VERBANO, in green porcelain (...........), once used in an old electric locomotive's equipment.

This photo was taken by Lucia in Italy. This shows one of the "Siemens Bock" 3KV railroad insulators in use, supporting the metal arm, which in turn, suppoets the overhead trolley power line. Notice the metal ...

Porcelain and glass 3Ums: with low and high stripe, all white and all brown, and the two glass versions, one by MIVA, T8 type, first from left, and the French Folembray N°194, second from right.

... who had fun to throw stones to the porcelains ...

The green porcelain insulator is from a trade with my friend Alessio, and the MIVA T2 CA in aqua glass has been rescued from an abandoned line during my september vacations