Industrial lighting
Vintage brass bucket siphon pumps which were common farm equipment in the 1940’s and 50’s have be upcycled into elegant table lamps utilising the foot stands and extension spray rods from the pumps along with the…
Vintage Scale. – S.A. Scale Company
This refurbished scale now utilised as a fruit plate was discovered in a shed and had been colonised by mud wasps. Looking good now this vintage scale needed quite a bit of help to come…
Anti-Shok Vintage Table Lamp
This 20cm high electrical transformer box stood out in the discard pile at the local dump because of its retro name plate and its distressed and faded industrial paint finish. Long past its use-by…
Upcycle Vintage Lamp
This vintage Willow tin funnel was found in a home workshop amongst many old tools. The original finish has oxidised giving it a deep rich appearance that is enhanced by the designed roll top…
Monkey Box Table Lamp
This vintage stucco monkey box, was rescued from the ‘outdated / discard pile’ mainly because of the patina of the galvanised tin and rusted fittings. It has a utilitarian feel about it and…
1950 Modernist Lamp
This 1950 Watvic industrial modernist table lamp has beautiful lines and is made from steel with an anodised metal shade and bakerlite fittings to adjust the angle and tilt.
Burley Bottle Lamp
When fishing, ‘Burley’ is a mix, that when put into the water will attract fish enabling you to catch them. This one used on the East Coast of Australia was discarded and has been upcycled into an…
De Laval Lamp
Part of an old vintage cream separator upcycled to a one off custom lamp.
Pipe ‘n Gauge Lighting
It all started when I found a box full of old plumbing fittings at the local dump. Some were just strange in appearance, others vaguely recognisable, (I’m not a plumber) and I thought…
Vintage Locks Table Lamp
Vintage door locks taken from demolished country farm houses. I found these in a recycle centre on the Central Coast. There was a box of about 20 of them and I selected seven without really…
Twin barrel Desk Lamp
This vintage twin barrel bucket pump is circa 1940s and was found in a flea market in the never to be used again junk section. I got it cheap because it “didn’t work,”-…
Rustic Lantern Table Lamp
Saved from the metal pile this lantern had just the right amount of rust on it to make it attractive. The patina is fantastic and a quick conversion from kerosene to electrically powered and…
Switch Box – Table Lamp
I found this old cast iron switch box in a back room of a junk shop and liked the distressed red finish. The old reset switch was an obvious on off switch and…
Spinning Mill Bobin Lamp
I acquired this vintage spinning mill bobbin from a collectables shop on the Central Coast of New South Wales in Australia. There are lots of these around but I loved the lines and…
Test Box – Table Lamp
This vintage electrical test box standing 15cm (6 inches ) high was found in a box of out dated electrical parts from the 1950s. The original Nuclear Engineering Co. name plate with the atomic graphic, combined…
Factory mould – Lamp
Found in a junk shop in Wollongong on the East Coast of Australia this mould was originally used in a mining workshop for assembly of manufactured parts. Left in its original finish it has…
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