Item 22
Current bid: $310 |
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Item: 22 Description: U-989 Confederate “Milk Bottle” Insulator. The Southern Porcelain Company in Kaolin, South Carolina made insulators under contract with the Confederate Army until its factory burned down in 1864. This piece was dug at the factory and is “as found” and unrestored. Please check out all four sides in View 1, View 2, View 3, and View 4. You will notice a couple of fractures. This insulator, though, is solid and not subject to coming apart. View 5 shows a punctate mark on top the dome. Created by one end of a skeleton key, the mark denoted which factor worker made this specific insulator, possibly a slave. View 4 shows the base and pin hole. Note the slot on one side. This would have fit on a specially made pin with the slot helping to hold the insulator in place. Grade C for the flake off one ear and a couple on the base along with the fractures. These have been nicknamed “Milk Bottles” due to their color and shape. Estimate: $500 - $600 Open: $250 Current bid: $310 |
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