Item 65
Price realized: $625 |
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Item: 65 Description: U-989 Confederate “Milk Bottle” Insulator. The Southern Porcelain Company of Kaolin, South Carolina made insulators for the Confederate Army until the factory burned down in 1864. This insulator was dug at the factory site. View 3 shows a circular punctate mark on one ear made by a skeleton key. The mark likely indicated which factory worker made the insulator. Note in View 4 the slotted pin hole. The threadless pin would have had a raised “key” that fit into the slot to help hold the insulator I place. This insulator is in “AS DUG” condition with no repairs. Grade C for chips, flakes, and fractures as shown. Estimate: $350 - $450 Open: $200 Price realized: $625 |
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