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    Posted 12 years ago

    jonima
    (113 items)

    My sister bought three of these little insulators at a flea market but can't find any info about them. The seller didn't know anything about them either. The glass has a bluish tint and as you can see, it's connected to iron hardware that would screw in. Can anyone tell me how these ones were used and how old they might be? Thanks!

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    1. walksoftly walksoftly, 12 years ago
      I assume there is a hole running through it?
    2. jonima jonima, 12 years ago
      Yes, there is a hole.
    3. walksoftly walksoftly, 12 years ago
      It's possible that it is a lightning rod insulator.
      Ask chevy59 at this link to have a look at yours;
      http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/68390-lightning-rod-balls-and-weathervane-coll
    4. jonima jonima, 12 years ago
      Thanks! Will do.
    5. chevy59 chevy59, 12 years ago
      I have one that is similar, where it screws into wood, but instead of glass its ceramic. I'm not 100 percent sure, but I believe these would have been for some type of ground wire. The glass insulators are earlier than the ceramic ones, civil war to the great depression, that's when a lot of the lightning rod balls were created, those same companies produced these as well.
    6. jonima jonima, 12 years ago
      Awesome, thanks for the info! At least that gives me a timeframe.
    7. walksoftly walksoftly, 12 years ago
      Can you post another picture with the hole visible & what dia. is the hole?
    8. jonima jonima, 12 years ago
      I'll try to get her to send me more pics of it tonight.
    9. jonima jonima, 12 years ago
      Just had a friend email me. This is a lightening rod insulator. There's one like this in the 7th row, far right on this website:
      http://www.nia.org/general/g_lri.htm
    10. walksoftly walksoftly, 12 years ago
      I just realized that the link that I thought I posted isn't there.

      image in upper right corner
      http://glassian.org/insulator.html
    11. jonima jonima, 12 years ago
      Thanks! You've been a big help today.
    12. walksoftly walksoftly, 12 years ago
      Most welcome, glad to help!

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