A Brookfield Color Timeline

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The following is intended to be a documentation and hopefully eventually an agreement on differing colors produced by Brookfield in the 1900-1921 time frame. Hard documentation is limited, but various clues exist which we hope to use to reach a consensus on a color timeline.

Note that this is a continuation of an earlier discussion recorded as The Big Unsolicited Brookfield Question.

Contents 1 Colors 2 Some Established Facts 3 Characteristics 4 Footnotes

Colors

• Light Aqua
• Transition Colors
• Dark Aqua
• Greens
• Blues

Some Established Facts

• Insulator production shifted from Brooklyn to Old Bridge in 1906. Insulator production was the first moved to the new plant^[1].
  • Last Brooklyn burn was September 1905 - June 1906 (NOTE: this was for insulators only. The plant continued operating for the production of other glassware, with the overall last burn date being September 1911-June 1912.^[2])
  • First Old Bridge burn was September 1906 - June 1907
• Sharp Drip Points were first advertised on Brookfield insulators in 1909. It seems likely that they first appeared on actual insulators in late 1909 or early 1910.

Characteristics

• Round Base
• "Hex" Threads
• Vent Drips

Footnotes

1. ↑ https://reference.insulators.info/publications/view/?id=2096
2. ↑ Lee Brewer, "A Comprehensive Guide to Collecting and Identifying Crown Embossed Brookfield Beehive Insulators Including an Extensive Study of Brookfield Glass Company History." Published by G. Lee Brewer, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: 2015 p. 84"