Antique Insulators

[metaldetecta]

I got these at a garage sale today for about $1 a piece. Does anyone know the age or value? I was thinking late 1800s early 1900s due to the bubbling and inperfections.The one from Hawley PA has a chip on the bottom. Thanks!

 

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[PikesPeakCharlie]

Can't help you with a value , but they don't have drip points on the bottom so their not machine made , 1890s ,early 1900s ?

 

[metaldetecta]

Thank you! I appreciate it.

 

[Bass]

At a buck a piece you can't go wrong

 

[TrevorHunter]

It looks like you got a couple ponies there. The one with the wire grooves on the top and bottom is a CD 112 with Sharp Drip Points (SDP). The one on the left in the second picture is an Aqua color. North American Insulator Guide says price at 1 to 2 dollars. The one on the right, looks like a yellow green color, book says 10 to 15 dollars. It's hard to tell the color of it though. Color is a big thing when it comes to prices of an insulator.

 

[diggummup]

The one from Hawley PA is a CD 102 and was made by the Harloe Insulator company which opened a plant in Hawley in 1902 and produced insulators through 1907. The sand quality and the use of cullet and additives produced a crude aqua to blue aqua glass that is sometimes referred to as snowy, milky or “gunky”.

 

[NJKLAGT]

Since there are some insulator guys here, I'll take this chance to ask if anyone knows what type this is. It's threaded, but I think pretty early. Any ideas?

 

[diggummup]

Since there are some insulator guys here, I'll take this chance to ask if anyone knows what type this is. It's threaded, but I think pretty early. Any ideas?

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As far as the maker it's hard to say. There were many unmarked insulators made by various companies. The shape looks like A CD 136.7. Is it 3 1/8" tall with a 3 7/8"" diameter base?

CD 136.7

Which by the way is a desirable insulator to have if this is any indication...

https://www.billandjillinsulators.com/auctions/143/view/?lot=34

 

[NJKLAGT]

I'm not sure about that one. Mine has a straight edge at the bottom. I measured it, and it's approximately 2 7/8" wide, and 3 5/8" tall...

Here's a pic of the base:

 

[bottlehunterofcoscob]

Since there are some insulator guys here, I'll take this chance to ask if anyone knows what type this is. It's threaded, but I think pretty early. Any ideas?

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Looks kinda like my Oakman CD 134 I found in the river last year. Sorry I only have a pic of me holding it. The insulator collector I talked to said mine is from 1880-1886. Not sure it’s a match with yours though.

 

[NJKLAGT]

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Thanks dude, that looks a lot closer. What are the dimensions of yours?

Got a pic of the base, too?

 

[diggummup]

I'm not sure about that one. Mine has a straight edge at the bottom. I measured it, and it's approximately 2 7/8" wide, and 3 5/8" tall...

Here's a pic of the base:
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I was wondering about the base .

 

[bottlehunterofcoscob]

Thanks dude, that looks a lot closer. What are the dimensions of yours?

Got a pic of the base, too?

I won’t be able to get dimensions anytime in the near future so apologies for that. But I did find a slightly better pic and some of the base.

Again, sorry for lack of quality. Just going with some quick ones I snapped a while back on my phone.

 

[NJKLAGT]

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Thanks man! No worries about the dimensions. It looks about the same size though. It's very close, I wonder if they are related in some way, like from the same maker or something. Super similar.

 

[bottlehunterofcoscob]

Thanks man! No worries about the dimensions. It looks about the same size though. It's very close, I wonder if they are related in some way, like from the same maker or something. Super similar.

Yeah could be for sure. Like I said, I was told this one was made by Oakman. Maybe take a look thru some other pics online. I personally have no idea how insulator collectors keep things straight with forms and manufacturers. I sure love finding old ones, but I really need an expert to help out when it comes to ones like ours with no embossing.

 

[GreenHorn]

That's a CD133.2 Canadian "slope shoulder". Definitly no relation to the Boston posted above. The 133.2's come in various colors, the better the color, the better the price.

 

[GreenHorn]

Also, if you guys have others you need help with, embossed or not, feel free to post a pic or hit me up.

To the OP of this thread. I see no drips on either of those insulators. They are a CD102 and 112, both common turn of the century and later, and both a shade of blue-aqua and aqua.

 

[NJKLAGT]

That's a CD133.2 Canadian "slope shoulder". Definitly no relation to the Boston posted above. The 133.2's come in various colors, the better the color, the better the price.

Thanks, I appreciate the info! That looks like a match. Any idea of manufacturer? Age? Rarity? Value?

 

[GreenHorn]

Thanks, I appreciate the info! That looks like a match. Any idea of manufacturer? Age? Rarity? Value?

I don't know that these have been attributed to any one glasshouse in Canada, as several of the gh's up north did list insulators as one of there wares. Research from someone up that way could possibly give an answer. As far as age, and this is just purely a guess of other similar styles used at the time, I would guess the 1880's timeframe, but don't hold me too it.

These do come in a variety of colors from aqua to deep green shades and probably everything in between. Yours looks to be a regular type aqua, so i'd say somewhere south of $15-20 bux. Add abunch of milk swirls or a fat glob of something and could start the same insulator at double that, or more depending on how much characyer it actually had, plus condition.

Rarity, well I never find them here in the US, which is expected. I suspect once up that way, they would tend to pop up in shops here and there.

NJKLAGT, You are in a prime area for finding some rare Canadian glass. Keep your eyes peeled....

 

[NJKLAGT]

Well, I certainly know a lot more about this insulator now than I did before, so thanks guys!