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Sun, Feb 19, 12 at 16:31
| Take a look at this.....
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/47054-old-lamp-help-look anyone have any ideas or input? thanks |
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| I want to see the bottom.....and a picture of the fixture part.....where the light bulb goes and how it's set into the brass thing. |
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- Posted by cloud_shine (My Page) on Thu, Feb 23, 12 at 0:46
| If the lamp socket shell is original (brass), it would be very helpful to see a closeup shot of the shell outside and inside. The composite plugs usually date before 1930 - they started using bakelite for sockets and plugs around this time. |
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- Posted by lazypup (lazypup@yahoo.com) on Thu, Feb 23, 12 at 23:14
| You can still buy that style of plugs at any hardware store today |
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- Posted by cloud_shine (My Page) on Sun, Feb 26, 12 at 17:12
| You may find plugs that resemble the style, but not the material, of the old ones. Also, new plugs are generally UL-approved and are therefore differently designed (e.g. polarized). It's a little hard to tell with the one being discussed as there's no closeup or side view pictured. |
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