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Title: Piano Castor Insulators or Something Else
Post by: dinklepip on August 26, 2012, 07:29:13 PM
These bear the typical shape and design that I see around a lot but appear more as pots??????
Title: Re: Piano Castor Insulators or Something Else
Post by: keith on August 26, 2012, 07:35:50 PM
Piano insulators are solid,so pots of some kind I presume ;D ;D
Title: Re: Piano Castor Insulators or Something Else
Post by: Lustrousstone on August 26, 2012, 07:46:10 PM
Salts I would guess
Title: Re: Piano Castor Insulators or Something Else
Post by: dinklepip on August 26, 2012, 09:03:06 PM
Piano insulators are solid,so pots of some kind I presume ;D ;D
  yeah I know hon, it's just the design threw me as it's pretty much the same as most piano insulators I see around....
Title: Re: Piano Castor Insulators or Something Else
Post by: dinklepip on August 26, 2012, 09:06:52 PM
only match I can find is here which is a slag glass one ID'd as Sowerby
http://www.rubylane.com/item/138396-2509/Pressed-Glass-Salt-Sowerby-Victorian
Title: Re: Piano Castor Insulators or Something Else
Post by: dinklepip on August 26, 2012, 09:12:42 PM
oooooooooops have I done wrong with the link again???
Title: Re: Piano Castor Insulators or Something Else
Post by: dinklepip on August 26, 2012, 09:13:51 PM
oooooooooooooo just found this wicked site with maker and pattern ID extracts, looks pretty similar to pattern no. 1410
Title: Re: Piano Castor Insulators or Something Else
Post by: dinklepip on August 26, 2012, 09:32:01 PM
http://opensalts.us/References/Catalogs/England/ENG-Sowerby1882-aW.jpg
Title: Re: Piano Castor Insulators or Something Else
Post by: Lustrousstone on August 27, 2012, 09:14:24 AM
No it's not that one or the brown one. It's Sowerby pattern no 1949 and late 1800s I have a saved catalogue page from somewhere
Title: Re: Piano Castor Insulators or Something Else
Post by: dinklepip on August 27, 2012, 10:55:38 AM
thank you Christine, had a good look at that fab site and didn't find that pattern number
Title: Re: Piano Castor Insulators or Something Else
Post by: Lustrousstone on August 27, 2012, 11:38:02 AM
It's there
http://opensalts.us/References/Catalogs/England/ENG-Sowerby1892-aW.jpg
Title: Re: Piano Castor Insulators or Something Else
Post by: dinklepip on August 27, 2012, 12:16:33 PM
honestly, I am blind as a bat, all googly eyed after looking at about 5 pages lol, thanks hon