Robby Raccoon
Trash Digger
After college today, I tried heading out to the flea market. Well, I took the wrong road and ended up having to turn around at a school I'd never seen before. LOL. After finding the flea around 12:30, much to my dismay I saw that they were all packing up-- they open at 6 am, but not many show till 7. They close at 3 pm, but most stalls are empty at 12? I don't get that, but I got these from one still-full stall with two men talking behind it.
The B in Oval is for Ohio Brass, circa 1907.Recall my Akron High-Potential wiring insulator found at the bottom of page 1 here and in page 2? This company is how I know that my dug-insulator is pre-1908: They took over Akron and marked everything with their markings in mid-1907. It's not much to look at, but having been made for only one year and having been dug by me, it's one of my favorites.
Base-- notice sand(?) caught in glaze at top and chip on inner, bottom ring. Unneeded pic. LOCKE is hard to read under the chips(?) that cover it beneath the glaze dividing the insulator into two main tones. I'm guessing 1921 to 1948?I forgot to take a main-pic of it, and my second main-pic turned out terribly as seen here.
^ What causes that? ^Does it say something below LOCKE?
You can see the glaze is divided between shades. Base. Using my claw, I scraped some stuff off of the dome. Here is a mottled LOCKE / 44 / USA incused insulator. Is "44" 1944? It fits with the time-period.
Base.Dome. Source of info. Better still, I paid only $4 for them. I intend to sell eventually (college money,) so is there any money to be made here?