Foreign Insulators
by Marilyn Albers
Reprinted from "Crown Jewels of the Wire", May 1987, page 27
CATCHING UP THE LOOSE ENDS!
In the July, 1986 issue of CROWN JEWELS, my column showed photos of 3 pintype
porcelain insulators that belong to Jim Bates of Edinburg, Texas. Two of these
were styles we hadn't seen and their U-numbers were pending. The third was a
rather common style, U-1692, except this one was white with a royal blue crown
and hailed from Mexico!
The series of drawings shown below (except for U-1692) have been completed.
As you can see, Jack Tod has been hard at work again! These U-numbers are new
assignments. I’ve indicated the three Bates insulators, and the remaining
pieces are recent additions to my own collection. As you can see, some are
marked and some are not.
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U-1378 Unattributed marking, white, Korea
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U-1638 No Name threadless, white, Mexico (Bates)
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U-1692 No Name, white with royal blue crown, Mexico (Bates)
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U-1927 CE in diamond, white "dryspot," Portugal
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U-2064 Richard Ginori, white, Italy
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U-2076 SN-150, white Austria (Bates)
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U-2230 "Made in Germany" marked inside pinhole, white, Germany
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U-2843 Bullers Ltd. London, Bennett, white, England
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U-3131 Richard Ginori, brown, Italy
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Now dig out your January, 1987 issue of CROWN JEWELS! I mentioned there that
Mike Guthrie had also found some styles in foreign porcelain which had not been
catalogued. He was good enough to send me these pieces for shadow profiles and
dimensions. On to Jack for the final inked drawings and assignment of U-numbers.
These additions to the Universal Style Chart are shown below, including any
markings and countries of origin. Thanks, Mike, we appreciate your interest and
help very much.
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U-1112 N I, white, Korea
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U-1842 N N, white, country (?)
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U-2089 N N, white, Belgium
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U-2563 Richard Ginori, white, Italy
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U-2566 Unmarked Ginori, brown, Italy
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U-2872 NGK, grey, Japan
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U-2945 Logo unattributed, green, country (?)
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WE HAVE FOUND A MISSING PIECE OF THE PUZZLE!
These three styles of foreign glass pintypes are embossed with the word VEGLA.
We knew that they had been found on lines in both Austria and Germany, but the
marking remained a mystery.
Well, it's not a mystery anymore! We now know that VEGLA is a composite word
taken from VEREINIGTE GLASWERKE, a glass manufacturer in Germany. Our source
says that this firm has factories in Stolberg (Rheinland), Herzogenrath (Aachen),
Mannheim and Sindorf (Cologne). We have no further information, but to me this
little shred is very exciting! And this clue will help us to track down the rest
of the story eventually. At least we have a direction to pursue.
Three VEGLA styles
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