Hi there - I have NO information on this porcelain insulator. A couple of folks mentioned they thought it was foreign - any ideas?? I have two of these, both identical to the other, NO markings of any kind. The stripe ...
Posted by Sally McDonald on December 23, 2001 - 0.3kb
This what I collected on my road trip this weekend. 2 x CD 490, 2 x neat Porcelain H.V. pieces, 1 x CD 423, 1 x CD 430, 1 x U-1158 (powder blue), U-1158 (Jap, blue ink stamp), U-1503 (Slaters Acme, circa 1880) and a CD ...
Posted by Brett & Cindy Bidwell on December 11, 2001 - 0.3kb
6 non glass/porcelain insulators 2 x Mica / asbestos composites, 2 x U.S made Rubber, 2 x Bakelite ( 1 used, 1 un-used ).
[IFONA Group]
Posted by Brett & Cindy Bidwell on December 3, 2001 - 0.1kb
My beloved Japanese made, ink stamped porcelain, all found in Australia, Some can still be seen still in use.
[IFONA U Group]
Posted by Brett & Cindy Bidwell on November 19, 2001 - 0.1kb
The short porcelains found in Australia......and again ...
Posted by Brett & Cindy Bidwell on November 19, 2001 - 0.1kb
The short porcelains found in Australia ...
Posted by Brett & Cindy Bidwell on November 19, 2001 - 0.1kb
A selection Brown, White, Beige & Blue Porcelain found in Australia.......with a couple of ring ins from other countries..
[IFONA U Group]
Posted by Brett & Cindy Bidwell on November 19, 2001 - 0.1kb
Here we have 4 insulators from left to right: England (GPO), France, Italy (TS stands for Telefoni dello Stato, or State owned Telephones) and Germany (Rosenthal). The German one is a power piece, and the ones from ...
Posted by Fredrik Höjefält on October 31, 2001 - 0.4kb
This is a very old telegraph pony from the very first generation of this type of insulators, recognized on the protruding inner skirt. It's probably from around 1870 and marked Rörstrand, a famous Swedish porcelain ...
Posted by Fredrik Höjefält on August 8, 2001 - 0.2kb
Hard to believe that this U-1549 might have been a toilet bowl had it been made somewhere else.
Thankfully, this batch of porcelain was made into an *insulator* and installed on a British rail line instead. ...
Posted by Craig Johnson on August 7, 2001 - 0.2kb
A very old porcelain telephone pony marked Ginori from Italy.
[IFONA U ???]
Posted by Guido Boreani on August 1, 2001 - 0.1kb
This is a rather big spool from circa 1935 used when the Swedish State Railways was electrified. The manufacturer is IFÖ, a Swedish company who manufacture "technical" porcelain (insulators, toilet seats :)) ...
Posted by Fredrik Höjefält on July 31, 2001 - 0.2kb
A part of my collection of both power pieces and telephone insulators. Most of them are made in Sweden, but there are also some from Norway, Germany, Japan and, I think, England.
Please feel free to contact me what you ...
Posted by Fredrik Höjefält on July 31, 2001 - 0.2kb
A great Aussie Dry-spot, Rick Soller now has one of these two, Hi Rick!! These can still be found in use in Newcastle Australia
[IFONA U ???]
Posted by Brett Bidwell on July 30, 2001 - 0.1kb
