Another gift from the Far East (St. Louis) that is probably the blackest insulator I've ever seen! There is well over 100 years worth of baked on grime and soot on this guy. Burning coal, wood, autos, diesels, industry, pollution and anything else you can imagine have all contributed to the urban patina covering this somewhat uncommon insulator. The best thing about this insulator? Pat Scott picked it himself, thereby instantly increasing it's intrinsic value exponentially!