VTT Glassware

I'm writing this a day early because I know that when I get home from quilting all day tomorrow with the Huggy Bunch I will be tired & not feeling up to making my VTT post. That's what happened last week & I missed out so if I don't want that to happen again I need to prepare ahead. Colorado Lady does such a great job of hosting VTT & I hate to let her down. You can follow a large group of bloggers with a wide selection of vintage items, some of which no doubt you will never have seen before.

I am really drawn to old glassware & when I saw these two canning jars at a flea market in Ouray[CO] I thought I could find a use for them. I keep nuts in them & they seal nicely. One is an Atlas & the other a ball jar.

A few years back I started a collection of glass insulators-I haven't progressed far but a couple of our neighbors have quite impressive collections & I had intended to take pics to include here but I kept forgetting to take my camera the past week on our daily walks so those will have to wait for another VTT.
These three are rather ordinary looking nothing remarkable about them at all.

This one is a light golden brown, it came from Australia, from my parents farm in Wauchope, NSW & I brought it back with me when we lived in TX at least 25 years ago. It is cracked but quite large & somewhat unique so it is a keeper as much for sentimental value.

This beautiful blue insulator is quite large also & it says "MADE IN USA".

Here is a smaller blue one, the patent date you can see is "MAY 21 1893".

This unusual looking wooden peg, threaded on one end, is how the insulators were attached to the poles.

Like so, then the pegs were screwed onto the poles through the two holes in the peg!

Now you can pop on over to Colorado Lady's blog & check out some other interesting memorabilia.