Dunno - SOLVED

[aa battery]

This thing is ceramic 3 inches long and half an inch in diameter. Found it by this bottle.

 

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[Digginman]

Re: Dunno

Don't pharmacists use something like this to crush meds??

DM

 

[Illinois Jeff]

Re: Dunno

Hmmmm....I will take a stab, possibly an ink bottle and maybe a piece of the old pen?

 

[MT]

Re: Dunno

Knob and Tube electrical insulator.
HH,
MT

 

[Gilligan]

Re: Dunno

Indeed it is an electrical insulator. They would push it through a hole in a piece of wood in the wall and pass the wires through it. I have found several myself, and wondered what they were until I found out.

 

[aa battery]

Re: Dunno

MT JM the site i found it at dates back to about 1880...aa

 

[Silver_Fox]

Re: Dunno

Knob and Tube electrical insulator.
HH,
MT

You nailed it. I got in too late.

 

[RON (PA)]

Re: Dunno

I agree too.. It is knob & tube .. I believe they started using knob and tube around the 1900's. Hope it helps.

 

[hikermike]

Re: Dunno

Yep Thats it!! Im an electrician and have quite a few of these I have collected over the years. I have several longer ones which I use to sharpen my knifes. They work really well!!
hh
mike

 

[Angelo]

Re: Dunno

Fine Then!!

Guess I'll have to agree. Here's some on ebay.

Tony

 

[River Rat]

Re: Dunno

I had found one a few years ago, never knew what it was. Thanks to the good folks at T-Net, I now know what it is...if only I can find it again, I hope it is stashed away somewhere.

RR

 

[PBK]

Re: Dunno

Here's another site with some good information on "wall tube" insulators. Types similar to yours appear on p. 2:

http://r-infinity.com/Wall Tubes/

 

[aa battery]

Thanks guys...aa

 

[Ed-NH]

I find them when I dig for bottles and wondered if they were electrical related. Good thread here!

 

[logbuilder]

I'm a contractor, and I've been in a few old homes and have seen these still in the studs with the wire on them.

HH Mike.