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1950s Vintage Lighting

Explore skinflint’s diverse range of original vintage lighting from the 1950s. From one-off rarities to large runs, oxide pendants to vintage enamels, and caged ceiling lights to restored traffic lights. Each light has been salvaged from an industrial location in Europe, expertly restored by the skinflint team and comes with its own intriguing history.

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A 1950s ovaloid Czech pendant

1950s ovaloid Czech pendant lighting

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XXL1950s Czech Opaline Globes

XXL Czech Opaline Globes

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Vintage Czech hotel pendant lights

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Decorative opaline Czech pendants (V2)

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industrial czech pendant with original grey painted finish

Czech industrial lighting

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white angled enamel reclaimed industrial pedant light by Benjamin

British parabolic factory lights by Benjamin

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Angled British factory shade by Benjamin

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E.D.L Machinists work light

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British textile mill pendant lighting (V1)

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Vintage RAF wall lights

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Elegant glass & bakelite teardrop pendants (L)

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czech industrial pendant lights made from bakelite

Salvaged Eastern Bloc lighting (V1)

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Isolator wall lights by Walsall

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salvaged Hungarian railway signal light

Salvaged Hungarian railway signal lights

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polished aluminium converted US traffic light pendants

US traffic lights (Type 4)

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vintage brass cargo ship bulkhead wall light with cage

Vintage cargo ship lighting

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Vintage German railway floor lights

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angled white enamel factory shade

Angled British factory shades by Benjamin

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1960s aluminium vintage german cargo ship bulkhead wall lights

Reclaimed German cargo ship lights

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British street lighting by BTH

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salvaged polish pendants with polished aluminium shade and gallery

Polish industrial pendant lights

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Industrial LED lighting by Thorlux

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opaline glass teardrop 1950s pendant with bakelite

Elegant glass & bakelite teardrop pendants (MK1)

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polished aluminium ex military signal light silver

Ex MOD signal light pendants

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vintage czech opaline glass ceiling light

Vintage Czech opaline lights (V2)

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Industrial 1950s Holophane pendant lights

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Vintage Czech opaline globes (V1)

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XL industrial light by Simplex

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Salvaged British bulkheads by Holophane

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Reclaimed Hungarian aluminium pendant lights

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pastel green soviet industrial pendant shades with painted gallery

Soviet era industrial factory lighting

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XL Eastern Bloc industrial lights

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Linear industrial pendant lights by Thorlux

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1950s Eastern Bloc machinists floor light

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XL Lobnitz Dock pendant lights (green)

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Industrial Czech bakelite LED pendants

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Industrial LED lighting by Thorlux V1

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1950s Radialite scissor light by Walligraph

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XL US traffic light

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Munitions store lights (V3)

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decorative white opaline glass czech pendant light with bakelite gallery

Decorative opaline Czech pendants (V1)

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Industrial LED lighting by Thorlux (V2)

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industrial white enamel shade with oxidised steel gallery

Oxidised Hungarian factory shades (MK2)

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1950s industrial substation angled pendant grey enamel shade

Vintage substation pendants by Benjamin

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XL Lobnitz Dock pendant lights (grey)

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Rodded substation pendants by REVO

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British textile mill pendant lights (V2)

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hanging grey industrial pendant light by thorlux

Thorlux vintage pendant lighting

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Oxidised Eastern Bloc wall lights (L)

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Vintage rodded opaline pendants

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vintage parabolic industrial green pendant lights by simplex

Vintage substation pendants by Simplex

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Eastern Bloc factory pendants (etched)

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US traffic lights (Type 19)

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vintage opaline white glass pendant with bakelite

Elegant glass & bakelite teardrop pendants

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pendant lighting by REVO vintage dove grey enamel pendant light

Industrial pendants by REVO

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angled pedant lights from czech army

Czech Army field light pendants

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green enamel factory shades with brass galleries

Reclaimed 'Type X' pendants by Benjamin

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imposing industrial czech factory lights with steel and glass

XL Ceramics factory lights

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industrial white enamel and polished aluminium pendantrt deco cinema ceiling light with interior mirror

Hungarian piggery lights (V1)

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imposing black enamel shades with polished galleries

Eastern Bloc factory lights

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industrial pendant lighting with oxide steel enclosure and prismatic glass shade

Oxidised Eastern Bloc industrial lights

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extra large grey industrial shades with polished gallery

XL Eastern Bloc industrial lighting

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Elegant glass & Bakelite tiered pendants

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vintage czech pendant with polished aluminium gallery and opaline glass

Vintage Czech pendant lights

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industrial caged german pendant lighting with aluminium and glass

XL German explosion proof pendants

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Vintage Czech opaline pendant lights (V2)

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opaline and bakelite vintage czech ceiling light

Vintage Czech opaline lights (V1)

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angled elliptical green enamel industrial pendant light

1950s elliptical factory shades

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czech pendant lighting with glass and aluminum

Eastern Bloc factory pendants (M)

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industrial pendant lighting with cage and glass

XL Polish industrial lights

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two hanging industrial enamel pedants by REVO

Reclaimed substation pendants by REVO

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industrial czech caged aluminium and glass pendant

Eastern Bloc caged factory pendants (M)

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Vintage Czech opaline pendant lights (V3)

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Munitions store lights (V1)

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vintage industrial czech caged aluminium pendant

Eastern Bloc caged factory pendants (M) (V1)

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Vintage Bulgarian factory pendants

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1950s Industrial Czech pendant lights

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Elegant glass teardrop pendants (V2)

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XL Benjamin pendants (V1)

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Decorative opaline Czech pendants (V3)

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Vintage floor standing Alusig traffic light

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vintage industrial caged work light lying on surface

Industrial Eastern Bloc worklights

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industrial wall lighting from czech factory caged glass round bulkhead

Reclaimed Czech factory wall lights

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1950s Industrial bakelite pendants

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1950s Czech machinists lights

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1950s prismatic wall lights by Heyes

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1950s industrial Simplex pendants

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vintage polished aluminium bulkhead wall light with etched glass

Salvaged Czech bulkheads

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hanging industrial Hungarian pendant with blue enamel shade

Hungarian pendant lights with glass wells

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industrial czech glass and aluminium pendant

Czech industrial pendants (MK2)

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Oxidised Eastern Bloc pendant lights

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Ribbed opaline glass Czech pendant light

Period Czech pendant lights

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Vintage elliptical factory shades by Benjamin

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vintage czech white glass decorative pendant with bakelite top

Vintage Czech opaline pendant lights (V1)

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eastern bloc steel bulkheads with prismatic glass

Eastern Bloc rectilinear bulkheads

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industrial explosion proof alluvium and glass pendants

XL Explosion proof pendant lighting by Victor

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salvaged industrial polish factory lights in aluminium with steel cage

XL Vintage Polish industrial lights

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Decorative opaline Czech pendants (V4)

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XL Benjamin pendants (V2)

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Russian 1960s surgical lamps

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vintage industrial Russian pendant lighting with brushed aluminium shade and a bakelite gallery

Salvaged Soviet pendant lights

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fluted opaline white glass 1950s pendant lighting

1950s opaline hall lights

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1950s angled porcelain & glass wall lights

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XXL salvaged surgical pendant light

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polished aluminium and glass industrial czech pendant light

Eastern Bloc factory pendants

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Salvaged Czechoslovakian theatre floor light

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xl large grey industrial enamel parabolic pendant by Benjamin

Vintage British factory shades

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industrial polish pendant light with glass and cage

Polish industrial lights

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British industrial flameproof lights by Heyes

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Opaline hallway pendant light

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British industrial angled asymmetric pedant by thorlux

Vintage industrial pendants by Thorlux

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1950s rectangular pendants by Benjamin

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Original industrial lighting by Benjamin hanging pendant

Benjamin industrial factory lights

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vintage industrial original german table light kandem Type 03 4.4

Original desk lamp by Kandem

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industrial lacquered steel bulkhead light with prismatic glass

Salvaged prismatic bulkheads (L)

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Salvaged substation industrial lights

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1950s fixed opaline pendant lights

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Rodded substation pendants by Benjamin

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Soltan wall light (V2)

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Elegant glass teardrop pendants (V3)

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xl large eastern bloc polished aluminium street light pendant

Vintage Polish street lanterns

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XL industrial Holophane pendants

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Vintage Osram wall light

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Vintage Strand projector floor light (V1)

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XL rodded enamel pendants by Benjamin

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Soltan 1950s wall light (V1)

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Reclaimed industrial pendant by Benjamin

Industrial pendants by Benjamin

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XL 1950s Vintage Benjamin pendants

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1950s Polish street lights

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Fixed 1950s parabolic shades by Benjamin

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US traffic lights (Type 18)

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grey enamel vintage pendant light by Cryselco

Vintage pendant lighting by Cryselco

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vintage reclaimed pottery lights by skinflint

Pottery Lights (V2)

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