Salvage Row Restored Nineteen Fifties Italian Brass and Glass Wall Light Pair

Brass and clear glass out of Milan, from the years when Italian lighting was the best in Europe and knew it. Light in the hand and much better made than it looks.

Everything we sell has been through the same process. Stripped to components, cleaned by hand rather than blasted, rewired end to end with silicone insulated cable, fitted with new lampholders and a proper earth, then PAT tested and certificated. We do not re-plate or re-lacquer unless the original finish has failed, because a hundred years of patina is the reason to buy an antique in the first place. A true original pair, which is rarer and dearer than two singles because they left the factory together.

Specification

• Height, per fitting: see photographs, width see photographs, projection from the wall see photographs
• Materials: original materials, brass, light surface wear
• Finish: original finish retained, honest wear present
• Lamp, per fitting: rewired for E14 or E27 depending on the fitting, dimmable LED suitable
• Supply: hardwired, 220 to 240V, 50Hz, terminal block behind the backplate
• Switching: no integral switch, wired to a wall switch or a dimmer circuit
• Rating: IP20, for dry indoor rooms
• Backplate: original backplate, may not cover a modern round pattress
• Period: circa 1955
• Weight: approximately 5.8 kilograms for the pair
• Fully rewired with a PAT test certificate
• Sold as seen, with photographs of every mark before purchase
• One pair only

Fitting

This is a hardwired fitting and should be installed by a qualified electrician working to BS 7671. It arrives with a standard round backplate and fixing screws. Wall plugs are not supplied because the right fixing depends on whether you are going into brick, block, plasterboard or lath and plaster. At roughly 5.8 kilograms it needs a proper fixing. Use the supplied screws into masonry, or a heavy duty plasterboard anchor rated well above the weight of the light. Original backplates are often smaller than a modern pattress, so check what is behind your existing fitting before you take it off the wall.