Amber Insulators

About Antique Amber Insulators

Colored insulators were sometimes sold by manufacturers to enable color-coding of the various wires on each telephone pole. But in other cases the color was the result of the manufacturer simply having used a batch of recycled glass left over from some other job in its manufacturing process.


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An Interview With Antique Glass Insulator Collector Ian Macky

I got interested in insulators when I lived in El Cajon and my neighbor worked for San Diego Gas and Electric. His … [more]



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Glassian

Glassian

For an explosion of color and a quick education on the many beautiful varieties of insulators, blown glass bricks, … [read review or visit site]

Insulators.info

Insulators.info

Bill Meier's reference site by and for insulator collectors includes event listings, reference information, photo g… [read review or visit site]

Hemingray.info

Hemingray.info

Christian Willis' well-organized database of Hemingray insulators. Browse over 300 photos by CD number, style, or s… [read review or visit site]

Hemingray.net

Hemingray.net

Shaun Kotlarsky's tribute to the Hemingray Glass Company. While known for its insulators, this site also showcases … [read review or visit site]


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Unusual Manhattan Cd 256 Green Insulator Junk Amber$150.00 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 3 watchers
Mint Yellow Amber Cd214 Telegrafos Nacionales Insulator$76.57 Ends Tuesday 5 bids 11 watchers
3 Glass Hemingray Insulators , 2 Golden , 1 Dark Amber $75.00 Ends in 15 hours 18 bids 17 watchers
Ice Aqua W/ Amber Swirls Mickey Mouse Insulator$54.56 Ends Sunday 5 bids 18 watchers
Glass Insulator Lot 4 : Carnival, Purple, Amber Streak $51.00 Ends in 21 hours 7 bids 36 watchers
Cd162 Hgco Amber W/ Darker Swirls Insulator$48.47 Ends Sunday 4 bids 28 watchers
Cd102 Brookfield Insulator Dark Olive Amber Cgc1749$26.99 Ends Sunday 3 bids 32 watchers
Antique Glass Insulator Santa Ana Green W/ Amber Swirl$26.89 Ends Tuesday 7 bids 16 watchers
Cd 145 Green Aqua Gtp Insulator W/ Amber Streaks$9.99 Ends Monday 1 bid 7 watchers
Awesome Red Amber! Cd241 Hemi 23 Tiny Power Insulator$5.24 Ends Tuesday 4 bids 5 watchers
Dark Red Amber Cd162 "hemingray // No 19" Insulator$1.34 Ends Tuesday 2 bids 31 watchers
Cd 103 B Aqua With Some Amber$0.99 Ends Sunday 1 bid 7 watchers
Awesome Dark Amber Cd423 Australian Ccg Insulator$0.99 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 2 watchers
Emerald Green W/amber Streaks Cd210 Postal Insulator$0.99 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 6 watchers

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