✅ SOLVED Some Sort of Vintage Porcelain Electrical Insulator?

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Found this in the woods yesterday. Seems to be some sort of porcelain electrical insulator, but I've never seen one like it before. Unfortunately, the porcelain part is broken, but I do see the letters "PEI" and either a "B" or an "R" after that. Can anyone tell me the name of the manufacturer and what it was used for? A rough idea as to how old it may be would help as well. Thanks.


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Not sure about age, older but not real old.
 

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Looks like an old vintage screw-in insulator someone re-purposed. These were commonly seen on old houses
with a strain relief attached where the power lines came in.
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Looks like an old vintage screw-in insulator someone re-purposed. These were commonly seen on old houses
with a strain relief attached where the power lines came in.

brown ceramic type

PEIRCE
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Close enough! Just never saw one that was rectangular in shape. I'll have to go back to the spot and see if I can find one that's undamaged. Thanks for all the help and for the photos.
 

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