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Reference 18_3044

Retro moulded glass pendant lights

Era: 1960s Origin: Czechoslovakia (former)

These pendants once illuminated a grand residential apartment in 1960's Prague, former Czechoslovakia. Featuring the original copper-plated gallery and contrasting moulded glass shade, they produce an element of downlighting from their open-bottomed design. A striking feature whether suspended singularly, in rows or clusters.

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Retro moulded glass pendant lights
Retro moulded glass pendant lights
Retro moulded glass pendant lights
Retro moulded glass pendant lights
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Origin: Czechoslovakia (former)

Much of the lighting we salvage and restore from the former Eastern Bloc was produced in the manufacturing powerhouses of former Czechoslovakia. Under Communist rule the same design was often manufactured in three scaled versions to cater for varying bulb wattage. The country is also famed for its beautiful glassware, with both wall and ceiling opaline glass lights often being used in public and residential settings, such as housing blocks and schools.

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Restoration

Every one of our lights goes through a variety of processes to bring it from the worn and often dilapidated state it arrives in, to a stage where it is ready for your project. The first and most important stage is fully dismantling each and every light - we do this even if we have hundreds of identical lights. We then undertake an in-depth review of its construction and following that, map its journey through restoration.

Ceiling kit for skinflint's Retro moulded glass pendant lights

Product details

Each light is supplied with a new screw (E14) lamp holder, 2mtrs black braided cable and ceiling mounting plate. If you would prefer another colour cable, or an E12 lamp holder (USA), please just ask.

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90 mm
180 mm
0.6 kg
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Copper | Clear

Supplied tested to BS EN60598. Converted for use in the US and worldwide. IP20 for internal use only.

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A quick word from our customers

Excellent service

Good product listings with careful explanations. 

- Robert | Chichester | UK

Czech industrial pendants

The light works well because the industrial style and it complements the exposed brick walls and stone worktops in the kitchen.

- Charles | London | UK

Vintage Mek Elek Wall Light

My beautiful lamp arrived and the bespoke adaption is fabulous - this beauty is now mobile in my art studio, perfect for when I’m washing down my silk screens or doing detailed pencil work at my desk. 

- Nicola | Woodford Green | UK

SO happy with our Czech pendants

Just sharing a couple of images of our beautiful skinflint lights in our new renovation. We are SO happy with them and we get compliments on them from everyone who visits.

- Anna | NSW | Australia