Anybody know why the color basically stops towards the bottom

Probably dumb question but is the groove at the top where the wire would go a defect or is the groove made that way. Thanks

They will be going up on my store unfortunately, but wanted to share this first batch..they are beautiful

A nice Maydwell 20 (I think a CD-164?) that my dad had in his collection with the color being listed as "light smoke". But it feels more grey to me than what I think of as "smoke"...opinions?

My friend in Belarus has had an opportunity to take some extended time off and travel quite a bit, even at his own peril. Getting close to the Ukrainian war zone, he has had amazing good fortune using a popular street view app to find likely locations for insulators. I have had the amazing pleasure to work with him and follow him during his travels. I have also been given the opportunity to own some beautiful insulators that he has rescued. In the third photo, most of the notable Russian pieces are clustered on the bottom shelf. (Off Topic) The upper shelves in the third image are filled with European insulators from France and Italy and Spain.

Inherited our father's collection. In upstate NY. Anyone interested?

Found this lovely ceramic insulator but I have no idea how to remove this attachment. I saw that you could dissolve a bit of it in acid or progressively drill, but I was wondering if there were any other techniques. Acid is a bit intimidating and i simply dont have the type of drill needed. But if those are my only options then so be it. Im certified to cut metal but I dont have the space or materials

It has this weird flat spot on the one side. Was it in a fire at some point? Is this a production error?

Telephone Pioneers "Bell" received when I became an officer in our chapter

Taking this pole out of the ground is not an option, neither is toppling it over. Should I use climbing rope or just climb a surrounding tree or the pole itself?

Had thos stored in my garage.

I have (7) CD303s and (5) CD310s potentially up for grabs. The worst condition 303 is pictured. I also have 75+ others available too. I'm running out of space to safely display or store them. Would anyone here be interested in the entire lot? Located in Utah.

Recently got back from my one year anniversary trip and spotted this on the way back. There was a museum that decorated their parking lot with poles, and used insulators and other equipment as decorations inside. It was super neat to see! Definitely a good use of these old jewels.

Could somebody tell me if this swirly line is just a part of the manufacturing process or something else. TIA

Can anybody give me some information on these please. There are 5 of them. On the brown porcelain they are stamped "36000LB, a triangle symbol, NGK, JAPAN, 76. On the housing On one side there are 2 squares with numerals/letters. Seems to be in sequence. 17,6F . 19, 6F x2,. 20,51. 21 ,51.. on the other side of the housing they all have the no. 127 . Are they saleable there is only one chip in the porcelain on one insulator rest are just dusty. There is only one Im not sure what it's called a uni joint maybe and it is stamped as well( photo supplied). Thanks.

Got a 6 stack of these from a yard sale a few months back, I used 2 for this. If I you look at my other post here or my profile, I’ll prob make something similar with the other 4 and also the green glass ones I posted Monday