Assistance Provided Museums

Documenting the Collection

• Photographing each item.
• Description of each item. Each item will be described in the following way
• Taxonomy number from the hobby (i.e., Consolidated Design number for glass pin types, Universal Style Chart for porcelain pin-types, M-number for multiparts)
• Marking
• Type of marking (embossing, incuse, recess-embossing, glaze resist, sand blasting, underglaze ink stamp)
• Location of mark
• Mold characteristics (e.g, Mold Line over Dome)
• Base characteristics (e.g., existence of drip points, indication of where the firing rest is on porcelain pieces)
• Color
• Dimensions (if not already part of the hobby taxonomy)
• Industry name (e.g,, “signal,” or “Emily knob,”)
• Condition
• Museum reference number
• Compilation of an electronic data base available online on the NIA web site

Consulting on Acquisitions

• What to acquire (Link to example)
• Advising on the expected cost of acquisitions
• Soliciting donations of insulators and related items
• Advising on where to acquire insulators and related items
• Providing a contact person to assist with the search for an item
• Advice on authentication

Providing Information and Support

• Providing educational material
• Soliciting donations of books and magazines on insulators
• Assisting with display ideas
• Promoting the Collection 
  • On the NIA web site
  • In the Drip Points newsletter of the NIA
• Loans of exhibits
• NIA Fake & Altered Insulator Display

 

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