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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Elegant glass teardrop pendants (V2) - cable

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1960s aluminium vintage german cargo ship bulkhead wall lights

Reclaimed German cargo ship lights

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Rodded substation pendants by REVO

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US traffic lights (Type 16)

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industrial pendant lighting with oxide steel enclosure and prismatic glass shade

Oxidised Eastern Bloc industrial lights

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vintage opaline white glass pendant with bakelite

Elegant glass & bakelite teardrop pendants

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decorative white opaline glass czech pendant light with bakelite gallery

Decorative opaline Czech pendants (V1)

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vintage czech pendant with polished aluminium gallery and opaline glass

Vintage Czech pendant lights

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Eastern Bloc factory pendants (etched)

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XL US traffic light

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Russian 1960s surgical lamps

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Vintage Czech opaline globes

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XL Eastern Bloc industrial lights

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industrial white enamel shade with oxidised steel gallery

Oxidised Hungarian factory shades (MK2)

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US traffic lights (Type 19)

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1950s rectangular pendants by Benjamin

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Elegant glass & bakelite teardrop pendants (L)

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industrial explosion proof alluvium and glass pendants

XL Explosion proof pendant lighting by Victor

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Salvaged Czechoslovakian theatre floor light

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vintage industrial caged work light lying on surface

Industrial Eastern Bloc worklights

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Vintage Czech opaline globes (V1)

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1950s G.E.C taxiway pendant lights

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Industrial factory lighting by Simplex (V3)

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white angled enamel reclaimed industrial pedant light by Benjamin

British parabolic factory lights by Benjamin

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salvaged industrial polish factory lights in aluminium with steel cage

XL Vintage Polish industrial lights

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XL rodded enamel pendants by Benjamin

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czech pendant lighting with glass and aluminum

Eastern Bloc factory pendants (M)

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XL Benjamin pendants (V1)

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Vintage Strand projector floor light (V3)

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XXL salvaged surgical pendant light

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Vintage German railway floor lights

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1950s Soviet wall lights

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Airfield taxiway lights (V7)

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Vintage Czech opaline pendant lights (V3)

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1950s prismatic wall lights by Heyes

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Decorative opaline Czech pendants (V3)

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Vintage floor standing Alusig traffic light

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hanging grey industrial pendant light by thorlux

Thorlux vintage pendant lighting

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vintage czech white glass decorative pendant with bakelite top

Vintage Czech opaline pendant lights (V1)

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British industrial angled asymmetric pedant by thorlux

Vintage industrial pendants by Thorlux

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1950s opaline hallway lighting

1950s opaline hallway lighting

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polished aluminium converted US traffic light pendants

US traffic lights (Type 4)

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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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1950s oxidised Czech industrial light

Oxidised Czech industrial lights

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Elegant glass teardrop pendants (V3)

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1950s Holophane floor lights

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Vintage Czech hotel pendant lights

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Industrial 1950s Holophane pendant lights

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XL industrial light by Simplex

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salvaged Hungarian railway signal light

Salvaged Hungarian railway signal lights

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XXL1950s Czech Opaline Globes

XXL Czech Opaline Globes

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Vintage rodded opaline pendants

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Munitions store lights (V3)

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xl large eastern bloc polished aluminium street light pendant

Vintage Polish street lanterns

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Vintage Czech opaline pendant lights (V2)

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Industrial Czech bakelite LED pendants

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Elegant glass & bakelite teardrop pendants (L) - cable

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salvaged polish pendants with polished aluminium shade and gallery

Polish industrial pendant lights

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XL 1950s British industrial lighting

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Black 1950s Soviet mounted wall light

Black 1950s Soviet wall lights

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opaline glass teardrop 1950s pendant with bakelite

Elegant glass & bakelite teardrop pendants (MK1)

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1950s fixed opaline pendant lights

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industrial czech caged aluminium and glass pendant

Eastern Bloc caged factory pendants (M)

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extra large grey industrial shades with polished gallery

XL Eastern Bloc industrial lighting

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1950s opaline Czech pendant

Decorative opaline Czech pendants (V2)

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Runway lights by G.E.C

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xl large grey industrial enamel parabolic pendant by Benjamin

Vintage British factory shades

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green enamel factory shades with brass galleries

Reclaimed 'Type X' pendants by Benjamin

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A 1950s ovaloid Czech pendant

1950s ovaloid Czech pendant lighting

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Munitions store lights (V1)

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polished aluminium and glass industrial czech pendant light

Eastern Bloc factory pendants

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US traffic lights (Type 18)

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XL Benjamin pendants (V2)

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Decorative opaline Czech pendants (V4)

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industrial czech glass and aluminium pendant

Czech industrial pendants (MK2)

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Salvaged British bulkheads by Holophane

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Vintage Bulgarian factory pendants

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1950s Hungarian pendants with glass wells

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Original industrial lighting by Benjamin hanging pendant

Benjamin industrial factory lights

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1950s Eastern Bloc machinists floor light

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Elegant glass teardrop pendants (V2)

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Vintage G.E.C substation lights

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imposing black enamel shades with polished galleries

Eastern Bloc factory lights

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Industrial LED lighting by Thorlux

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XL Lobnitz Dock pendant lights (grey)

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vintage czech opaline glass ceiling light

Vintage Czech opaline lights (V2)

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angled white enamel factory shade

Angled British factory shades by Benjamin

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industrial caged german pendant lighting with aluminium and glass

XL German explosion proof pendants

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angled elliptical green enamel industrial pendant light

1950s elliptical factory shades

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industrial lacquered steel bulkhead light with prismatic glass

Salvaged prismatic bulkheads (L)

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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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opaline and bakelite vintage czech ceiling light

Vintage Czech opaline lights (V1)

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Reclaimed industrial pendant by Benjamin

Industrial pendants by Benjamin

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Industrial LED lighting by Thorlux (V2)

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Fixed 1950s parabolic shades by Benjamin

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1950s Lobnitz Dock pendant light

XL Lobnitz Dock pendant lights (grey V2)

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