Two Insulators

[debodun]

I only have 2, probably pretty common ones.

 

[UnderMiner]

The WT Co. one I recognize but not the amber one, very cool!

 

[DavidW]

The aqua piece was made by Whitall Tatum Company in Millville, New Jersey. It dates from the 1920s, and the type is classed as a "CD 154" (same shape as the Hemingray-42). It was used on telephone and telegraph lines, and it is a very common style.

The other one is considerably scarcer, it is CARNIVAL glass, made for power lines, and was made by Corning Glass Works. "PYREX" brand name insulators with the carnival coating date mostly from the 1920s. That insulator is classed as "CD 234".

 

[dario]

I only have 2, probably pretty common ones.

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You have a CD 154 WHITALL TATUM which books for $1 to $2 in Light Aqua. The other one is a CD 234 PYREX which books for $40 to $50 in Carnival and $50 to $75 in Dark Carnival. The Carnival coating by Corning PYrex was a harder surface which was supposed to accomplish two thing beyond normal glass. It would shed water better and thus reduce electrical loss better than glass. And since it was harder, it would also "resist projectiles" better rendering it more durable. Projectiles coming from idiots like me who used to throw stones and them or shoot them with our 22s. LOL!

 

[moodorf]

Those Whitehall Tatums are fairly common, but not as much as say, a Hemingray 42. I think I've found a broken one of those amber ones....but I've never seen on in any antique stores, and I live not too far from Corning. They can't be that common here in stores in Western new york. Great stuff!