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#2144       135.5       E.R.W.         Aqua with opaque-milk impurities.

  Lot # 2144
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#2144       135.5       E.R.W.         Aqua with opaque-milk impurities.

A very popular insulator with collectors!  The pilgrim hat style is generally associated with threadless types, so a large hat style in a threaded insulator is unusual.  The large, bold "E. R. W." embossing is also quite impressive.

These beauties have been found at various locations on the mainline Erie through southern New York State, and to a lesser degree on some of the Erie branch lines.

Milky opaque impurities are present throughout the glass in the dome, reaching downward into the wire ridges.

The third image is from a Currier & Ives print, depicting the junction of the main line Erie with a branch to the north at Hornellsville, New York. 

Amazingly, there are no chips, not even on the sharp edged base.  Has a fracture from dome to base on the reverse, as shown in the second photo.