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

Classic LV insulator in brown version: the small one is a B 100, known also in white and green porcelain, the big one is marked RICHARD GINORI on top, and comes from a trade with my friend Guido

These two spooks are from a trade with my friend Christian: the glass one is a MIVA BT 3 V in its clear version. The porcelain one is probably not Italian, and has an unusual top.

Near Cocullo village, this line with all 1/1920 insulators, both in glass and porcelain (replacement) insulators. The line belongs to the FS (Italian State Railroads)

last mounth I found big white insulator with ears. Greate old polish porcelain in russian norm.

Very expensive, and with the inner skirt damaged, this unmarked t-bar in Nizza Monferrato

This old T-bar mfd by VACCARI (in Genoa town) dates Oct. 1956, has the typical V in a rectangle, with the name of GENOVA below, and the writing CN 28 indicating the model.

Old Verbano weitschirms (porcelain dating late 1920s) on the wall of a house in Cecina town, Tuscany. The glass insulator in the pic is a replacement (RP 5). Note the first insulator damaged

This is another eBay special I got last week. The closest U # i could match it to was a U-2070, but this piece has a conductor groove on the top and the arm is different. As for size of this piece... I can fit my pinkey ...

Two old terminal insulators for telephone lines: the first is marked, both on hat and on body "RICHARD GINORI", while the second has the marking "GINORI", to indicate that it's older (ante July 1930).

Unmarked LV insulator used in Sicily..... a new entry in my collection