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[sparrow75]

View I think best "describes" the aqua tint

 

[sparrow75]

Can see the milky swirl pretty well here

 

[sparrow75]

Close as I can get it to back lit without using artificial light

 

[Brains]

can't see any purple, but i can hardly see any aqua either. You've got a really nice old hemingray there. That colour normally shows up in script embossed and "transition embossed/smooth base mold" cd162's- both are from the 1890's with the script embossed units being more common and the transition embossed units being a bit more uncommon. A transition embossed/smooth base mold (as it's listed in the dumb price guide) refers to the insulator being made in an older 1880's smoothBase mold that later had drip points and the drip point patent added to the embossing. I guess sometimes you can tell these apart from script embossed units because the HGCo and the PETTICOAT are still the larger old transition embossing, and the patent is the newer, smaller script style. On the one i have the patent is also sort of crammed between the base and the HGCo with not too much room. Both styles are from the 1890's...just the mold is older. In that colour i think the script and transition pieces are both equally uncommon.

why would anyone care about this? cause if it's a transition embossed piece the price guide says it's worth more money!!! (wellll for most colours)
...$$$!!!

 

[BillinMo]

Bill, super nice examples of purple swirls! I assume those are your insulators!

Sadly, no. I just went to the picture poster and searched for a couple good examples of aqua with purple swirls.

Bryan's right - you definitely have a transition mold embossing. I'm not a Hemingray specialist so I can't tell with a quick glance like some people can. I have to look at the insulator from the side mold line: if you see the H. G. CO. and PETTICOAT are on the same level, with the patent date crammed into the limited space below H. G. CO. then it's a pretty good indication it's a transition mold.

Transition mold is listed in ice green. It's definitely a nice find!!