Glass Trio
Left to right is an HG CD 133 probably from the late 1890s or early 1900s. Next is a Brookfield CD 133 that is post 1900. I don't have the info handy sources anymore, but there was a year Brookfield started using the W for William in their marking, and I think it was early in the 1900s. Last is an HG No 7 Standard with a backward S and a cool ghost embossing on the crown. The backward S was most likely brought to us by a mold engraver who may have had a shot or twelve of Brandy before work, or back in the 1890s when this glass was made, during work. What I do know is that these all fell off a pole earlier in the day that I lined them up and photographed them. They once supported the circuits for the City of STL fire and police signals, which were largely phased out by the 1970s. A lot of this abandoned glass remained on utility poles into the 2010s, the last being removed around sunrise on July 11th, 2020, leaving only few broken ones here and there across the city.
9/30/2009
Glass Trio
Left to right is an HG CD 133 probably from the late 1890s or early 1900s. Next is a Brookfield CD 133 that is post 1900. I don't have the info handy sources anymore, but there was a year Brookfield started using the W for William in their marking, and I think it was early in the 1900s. Last is an HG No 7 Standard with a backward S and a cool ghost embossing on the crown. The backward S was most likely brought to us by a mold engraver who may have had a shot or twelve of Brandy before work, or back in the 1890s when this glass was made, during work. What I do know is that these all fell off a pole earlier in the day that I lined them up and photographed them. They once supported the circuits for the City of STL fire and police signals, which were largely phased out by the 1970s. A lot of this abandoned glass remained on utility poles into the 2010s, the last being removed around sunrise on July 11th, 2020, leaving only few broken ones here and there across the city.
9/30/2009