Played around with my new Nikon D70 D-slr camera, and shot a couple perspective pics of some of my porcelain pieces. These were shot with flash and pretty close too - nothing serious at all. I know that taking pictures ...

Alright, here is my display pole in our living room. But I must confess; it is not a real pole stump, as it's impossible to get one of these in Holland. It's simply a 8 inch paper core painted brown. Well, what for ...

Here are building a new 400 kV line. Unfortunately it will use composite Insulators. But the company said me: "The composite is not good to our weather, the best is the glass for us. Now we are working on the ...

FIP, FPL, Vaccari [IFONA U]

Assorted distribution insulators ( T6 and T6 bis type in glass). [IFONA CD 1075? 1076? U]

A Verbano porcelain ARGEA 77 and a MIVA Pyrex transposition insulator [IFONA CD ??? U]

Small Delta type with two "enlarged bells" (Verbano and Richard Ginori). [IFONA U]

These are the 3 type porcelain Insulators which somebody can find a tarm's roof. The small spool is the resistor wire holder, the middle one is a busbar holders, the pin type Insulator is too. The back Insulator is the ...

This is an insulator that I have had in my collection for over 20 years; a very rare one of a kind piece made by Swedish manufacturer Rörstrand. Well, according to me it look very similar to the style you folks call an ...

This Danish one is a "hybrid", it is a strain insulator with added hardware to act as a fuse insulator. The fuse wire itself are gone, just its mounting forks remains under the hex nuts. This one is made of ...

Here is a nice looking one! This is a true pin type insulator, marked "GIN" (Ginori) on top. It measures ca 3 inch in height, and little over 2 inch in diameter. This type of insulator is sometimes referred to ...

Here is an old and very rare piece of porcelain: a genuine threadless insulator of Italian origin. The shape and style, with the ringed top, just oozes age!! It is glazed brown all over, except for the unthreaded ...

Another Danish piece, also made of dry process porcelain. I was quite surprised when I got those Danish insulators; that they, despite their age, is dry process porcelain. This piece is marked with green ink; a ...

I have obtained some insulators from a Danish friend, and will post some pictures of them here. First out is an odd piece. This small insulator is just over 2 inch in diameter, and is unmarked. It seems to be made of ...

Some interesting pieces used in Cyprus, but made in India. [IFONA U]

This Insulator is from about 1800-1810. This is a porcelain one with metal skirt. It was used for telegraph lines. This Insulator is bad, because it is a capacitor. It is rare too. Interesting.... I got it from ...

This Insulator is from about 1800-1810. This is a porcelain one with metal skirt. It was used for telegraph lines. This Insulator is bad, because it is a capacitor. It is rare too. Interesting....I got it from ...

I just love New South Wales... don't you : ) after many kilometers of travel, countless pole climbing's and visits to various antique shops, I ended up finding many mould numbers I have been looking for. Insulators ...

Here is some our set of short porcelain U-1145 & U-1148 and variations. [IFONA U]

Here is some of our porcelain spools [IFONA U]

Here is our set of small porcelain bells U-1491 & U-1493 and variations. The ones laying down on the job all have a marking on the top [IFONA U]

This is my current set of Blue Porcelain Cable Tops [IFONA U]

This is my current set of "K in a Diamond" "Made In Occupied Japan" Porcelain pieces [IFONA U]

Various examples of marked and unmarked OTE insulators from Greece. The insulator at the far right on the top shelf is actually only half an insulator, and came into my possession straight from the sample shelf at the ...

A couple days ago, I posted a picture of a pole with fuse insulators. Well, here are one such an fuse insulator up close and personal. The thin fuse wire can be seen between the bolts on the porcelain rod. The piece is ...