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#3213      U-1886-A      VERBANO         Green porcelain.

  Lot # 3213
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#3213       U-1886-A      VERBANO   (triangle trademark)   5 31    209        Green porcelain.

Height: 5-5/8 inches.

Underglaze marking on very top of dome.  Dated May 1931.

A seldom seen transposition style insulator that was found inside a railroad tunnel in Italy.

Very near mint+ condition.

Update...  9:40 A.M.Tuesday July 4: 

The following, in reference to this type insulator, is taken from an article written by Lis Bergman in the December 2013 issue of Crown Jewels Magazine:  "Societa Ceramica Italiana, Stabilmento Verbana also made several porcelain transposition in porcelain.  The photo above is a green Verbano embossed with the Verbano logo and 5-31 and #209.  This has a notch on the head.

This green insulator was found on the abandoned Rimini - San Marino railway that opened in 1932.  Found mostly in tunnels.... "