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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Vintage G.E.C substation lights

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Elegant glass & bakelite teardrop pendants

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British textile mill pendant lighting (V1)

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Oxidised Czech industrial lights

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Industrial LED lighting by Thorlux

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Salvaged theatre light by Strand and tripod

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Black 1950s Soviet wall lights

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Salvaged prismatic bulkheads (L)

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XL Lobnitz Dock pendant lights (green)

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Vintage Czech opaline globes (V1)

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Hungarian piggery lights (V1)

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Decorative opaline Czech pendants (V3)

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Soviet era industrial factory lighting

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Oxidised Eastern Bloc industrial lights

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Vintage industrial pendant lights by Thorlux (M)

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Oxidised Hungarian factory shades (MK2)

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Elegant glass & bakelite teardrop pendants (L)

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Oxidised Eastern Bloc pendant lights

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XL Ceramics factory lights

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Vintage Polish street lanterns

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Vintage cargo ship lighting

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1950s Eastern Bloc machinists floor light

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Vintage Czech opaline lights (V1)

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Salvaged Eastern Bloc lighting (V1)

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US traffic lights (Type 4)

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Russian 1960s surgical lamps

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Decorative opaline Czech pendants (V1)

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Vintage Czech pendant lights

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Reclaimed German cargo ship lights

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Vintage substation pendants by Benjamin

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Eastern Bloc caged factory pendants (M)

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XL Eastern Bloc industrial lighting

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British textile mill pendant lights (V2)

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Industrial pendants by Benjamin

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XL Lobnitz Dock pendant lights (grey V2)

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Salvaged Czechoslovakian theatre floor light

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Oxidised Eastern Bloc wall lights (L)

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Vintage floor standing Alusig traffic light

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Elegant glass teardrop pendants (V2)

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Isolator wall lights by Walsall

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XXL salvaged surgical pendant light

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Eastern Bloc factory lights

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XL rodded enamel pendants by Benjamin

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Eastern Bloc factory pendants (M)

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Decorative opaline Czech pendants (V2)

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E.D.L Machinists work light

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Vintage German railway floor lights

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US traffic lights (Type 19)

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Munitions store lights (V1)

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Vintage Czech opaline lights (V2)

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Eastern Bloc rectilinear bulkheads

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XL Eastern Bloc industrial lights

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Soltan 1950s wall light (V1)

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Vintage Czech opaline pendant lights (V3)

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XL industrial light by Simplex

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Salvaged substation industrial lights

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Salvaged Czech bulkheads

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Fixed 1950s parabolic shades by Benjamin

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Vintage rodded opaline pendants

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1950s prismatic wall lights by Heyes

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Salvaged Hungarian railway signal lights

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Industrial LED lighting by Thorlux (V2)

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Vintage industrial pendants by Thorlux

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1950s opaline hall lights

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Czech industrial pendants (MK2)

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Salvaged British bulkheads by Holophane

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XL 1950s Vintage Benjamin pendants

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Vintage Strand projector floor light (V1)

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British parabolic factory lights by Benjamin

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Elegant glass teardrop pendants (V3)

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Salvaged Soviet pendant lights

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Munitions store lights (V3)

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1950s rectangular pendants by Benjamin

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XL German explosion proof pendants

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XXL Czech Opaline Globes

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Oval glass bulkhead by Coughtrie

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Angled British factory shades by Benjamin

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Hungarian piggery lights (V2)

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1950s fixed opaline pendant lights

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Reclaimed substation pendants by REVO

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Original desk lamp by Kandem

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1950s angled porcelain & glass wall lights

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Elegant glass & Bakelite tiered pendants

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Soltan wall light (V2)

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Rodded substation pendants by Benjamin

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XL Explosion proof pendant lighting by Victor

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Decorative opaline Czech pendants (V4)

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Industrial Eastern Bloc worklights

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Thorlux vintage pendant lighting

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Industrial LED lighting by Thorlux V1

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Eastern Bloc factory pendants (etched)

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Vintage Osram wall light

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XL Benjamin pendants (V2)

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Vintage Bulgarian factory pendants

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Rodded substation pendants by REVO

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Vintage Czech opaline pendant lights (V2)

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1950s Industrial Czech pendant lights

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Period Czech pendant lights

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US traffic lights (Type 18)

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British street lighting by BTH

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Vintage British factory shades

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Industrial Czech bakelite LED pendants

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XL Benjamin pendants (V1)

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Vintage Czech opaline pendant lights (V1)

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1950s industrial Simplex pendants

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Vintage elliptical factory shades by Benjamin

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XL industrial Holophane pendants

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1950s ovaloid Czech pendant lighting

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Ex MOD signal light pendants

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Polish industrial pendant lights

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Linear industrial pendant lights by Thorlux

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Elegant glass & bakelite teardrop pendants (MK1)

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XL US traffic light

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Benjamin industrial factory lights

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Eastern Bloc factory pendants

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Vintage Czech hotel pendant lights

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XL Vintage Polish industrial lights

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Industrial pendants by REVO

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1950s elliptical factory shades

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1950s Eastern Bloc machinists lights

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XL Lobnitz Dock pendant lights (grey)

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