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 ...

Here is the proof, This is one of two pieces that were dug from a rubbish dump in Melbourne Australia (pinhole view) also shows damage [IFONA U]

Here is the proof, This is one of two pieces that were dug from a rubbish dump in Melbourne Australia [IFONA U]

Here is the proof, This is one of two pieces that were dug from a rubbish dump in Melbourne Australia (pinhole view) [IFONA U]

Here is the proof, This one of two pieces that were dug from a rubbish dump in Melbourne Australia [IFONA U]

This one is pretty hard to find now days, even in a collection [IFONA U]

I can't remember whether this is a "Charles" Todd or a "Siemens" but it dates to about 1872 and was used in Australia [IFONA U]

Anyone seen one of these before or familiar with the manufacturer? It has a very unique mark and marking method. Marking was made using a wax resist method. Wax in the shape of the desired marking was applied to the ...

This pair are the porcelain equivalent of glass CD 143 insulators. One is ink marked (Dome) C.P.R. and the other is incused (Dome) CPR Anyone have an idea what "U" number these guys are? [IFONA U]

The first of two porcelain Whatzit posts for today. It looks like a mud version of the Australian CD 490, and was found in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It arrived in the US (either Montana or Alaska) in ...

Here you see four gingerbreads in different colors, the two in the middle marked V.A. (the olive one) and Folembray (the green one). The one at right is a very dark green one, in fact so dark that it appears almost ...

This week a large 3 parts porcelain (second and third skirt are a single shell). This insulator was recovered from one of the few remaining lines in Italy still using large pin types, that has been dismantled ...

More porcelain!! Here is a close up of one beautiful lily shelled Paderno insulator. Besides it you can see a nice "go-with"; a warning sign written in Italian, reading "Chi Tocca Muore" - Danger of ...

I hope you guys will not be bored seeing mainly porcelain, but what can I do if so many interesting insulators are porcelain? This week I'm showing you the ancestor of all the Paderno insulators. This one was rescued ...

With some effort, I got down a very old shackle type insulator that was slung to a tree. This type of insulator was used in a party line in the early 1930's [IFONA]

This small strain Hewlett was used by Italian State Railways on 3kV DC electrified railroads for trolley wire pull-offs. Still a few can be seen in service although compositions are replacing all porcelain on Italian ...