This antique aqua blue glass "beehive" insulator was made by the Brookfield Glass Company in the late 1800's, and is marked "W. Brookfield New York Pat'd Nov 13th 1883".
It measures 3 7/8" high, 3 1/8" wide, and weighs 1 pound, 4 ounces. It is in fair vintage condition (good condition for its 140+ year age), with a few chips on the inside edges, and fissures and bubbles inside the glass that may have been manufacturing anomalies. There are no cracks that reach to the outside that I could see. Please see all photos for condition details.
Insulators were originally used on telegraph, telephone and railroad lines. But now they are a colorful piece of communications history that can make unique windowsill or mantle decorations, as well as paper weights! Or turn them upside down inside a flat base and use them as candle stick holders.
