A B 130 R insulator mfd by Verbano: no inner skirt and thick porcelain against shocks for this unusual insulator. [IFONA U]

Back home after two weeks in Southern Italy, here's what I got: many new types for my collection and for trade, such as the big green glass French ISOREX 858 from Tuscany, and the porcelain PADERNO with crosstop. Soon ...

Here's a cool picture a friend sent me of rarely seen U-1944 Pierre patent porcelain dry spot insulators still installed on the side of a building in the UK! The number was published in the WorldWide Porcelain ...

Here's a U-1981A dome incused with Taylor & Tunnicliff. It measures an odd 4 1/2 inches x 5 1/4 inches tall. Upon close examination there is a tiny number "30" on the base! The one on the right is another ...

Here's some insulators from trading to a austrailian lineman who also collects. L-R: unmarked blue, white Safeguard Made In China, white Made in occupied Japan, unmarked blue spool. [IFONA U]

One from England, a Pilkington (CD 435) seen at the YPCIC show in Enfield CT, last April. There are not too many British glass insulators, and this particular one is very rare, only about 5 or 10 are known to exist. ...

... have been liberated. These British Red Porcelains will also be attending the Merritt, B.C. insulator show Sept. 10-11 /05, and will be first ...

7 British Porcelains found [liberated] recently, will be making a brief appearance at the Merritt, B.C. Insulator Show ...

This old wall crossarm, dating 1920, is equipped with four cylinderheads (see pic "old porcelain"), and repainted in its original black color. From a railway station in northern Italy, thanx to my friend ...

Yesterday a friend gave me these old (1920s) porcelain cylinderheads: they're 140 mm high and its weight is 1.450 kg. Here after a Hcl bath for cleaning. [IFONA U]

This is a classic B 100 insulator, but with a rare marking: FIP, that means Fabbrica Isolatori Porcellana (Porcelain Insulators Factory). Its marking is rather rare because FIP mostly exports its production out of ...

INn Piedmont, northern Italy, there's an old factory under demolition, where you can find lots of porcelain insulators. I've just been there to take some pix of them [IFONA]

Yesterday, at a flea market I purchased these two old and small porcelain insulators. So my collection grows......................... [IFONA U]

This is from eastern Europe: a very nice t-bar in blue porcelain [IFONA U]

This is a small, unusual porcelain insulator from U.K. One of my favourite foreign insulators in my collection [IFONA U]

This is the same insulator in visas versa. [IFONA U]

4 terminal insulators for telephone lines: the glass ones are MIVA (CAP 1219 the large one, and the small type 3C), and one of the two porcelain is marked Richard Ginori. [IFONA CD ??? U]

Three small porcelain spooks, the first unmarked, the second is a Richard Ginori, the third is a Vaccari. 1930 circa. [IFONA U]

This pic shows a CN 567 mfd by VACCARI in 1950 with its hardware. It's a 40 kV insulator once used in a substation near Genova, my town. [IFONA M]

This is an old porcelain strain insulator marked Richard Ginori: it was used on a telephone line in Sardegna island. This belongs to the 1st generation of Italian strain insulators. [IFONA U]

White and green porcelain insulator from France: the same type was also mfd in Italy, but totally white. [IFONA U]

This is the first I've seen of one of these from Brazil. If you have any let me know, in any color. Thanks [GIFONA U]

Here's an old German porcelain insulator for low voltage (max. 1 KV). Insulators like this are even used before World War II and sometimes you will find them today on overhead lines in Germany, but the chance is ...

Here's a very attractive super bright red U-1451 Bullers British porcelain insulator in VVNM condition. Thanks goes to Santa, er Jason Townsend for this beauty! I am still not done thanking him for his friendship (and ...

I was offered a pair of these beautiful porcelain insulators. They look German made. Anyone know for sure? Thanks [IFONA U]