And just when you swore you didn't need one more collection...Did you ever think about collecting vintage glass insulators from the early- to mid-20th century?
My father was an electrical engineer, so I grew up with insulators of every shape and color used as paper weights and door stops. He would see one he thought was especially pretty and bring it home to my mother, and she would find a place for it.
When reader Bill of the blog
Fountain Pens & Typewriters mentioned that
Festivo candleholders look like insulators, I did a little searching and learned that the old colored glass ones like my dad brought home are now quite collectible. You may be asking yourself, "How pretty could an insulator be?" Well, take a look at these. You may be surprised.
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Glass insulators in use on a pole
tempereddesign.com |
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| insulatorstore.com |
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| decophobia.com |
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| easthampton.htnp.com |
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| oldinsulators.com |
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| insulators.info |
There's even a collectors guide,
The Definitive Guide to Colorful Insulators, by Mike Bruner.
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| schifferbooks.com |
And, probably of most interest to readers of this blog, people are repurposing these beautiful old insulators and making some gorgeous pendant lights from them. Who knew?
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| antiques.com |
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