Pair Faraday & Son Extending Lamps

A beautiful pair of antique polished brass Faraday & Son extending brass baluster stem lamps with hexagonal bases. Cast brass with lead weighted bases. English, early 20th century. The ebony handled original switches unfortunately couldn't be used but can be seen. N.B. The stems can easily be extended and retracted by holding the base firmly and feeding the flex as the stem is heightened or lowered. Cleaned, lightly polished and rewired with 3m fabric flex, patinated brass safety-switched lampholder and traditional phenolic plug.New fabric bases. Pat tested. Dimensions in inches/cms; 16"/41cm minimum closed height (24.75/63cm max extended height. Base is 6"/15cm in diameter. 2.25kg each lamp. For more / higher res images please see my blog which can be accessed through the news section of this (haes) website.

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