Pal - if I were to search out for more of this type of fixture, do you have any suggestions for keywords to search under on eBay/ google & such or suggestions of manufacturers/ catalogs/ websites? Thanks so much!

There are a bunch of them on eBay always. Search vintage or antique ceiling light and you should get to a bunch. Typically I've seen them listed generically, which equals cheaper!

Google any combo of ..."Markel victorian double bulb flush mount" ... that's around 1927-ish.

Check this link for info :Markel light

This is similar light but I prefer the frosted bulb.

Thank you all for the excellent suggestions & direction!!

4boys2, I bet if I can get the CL one cleaned up from a sloppy ceiling paint job, that it will look like the 1st picture that you posted.

That could actually be really pretty for DD's room. She has a bare bulb on a wire too.

So disappointed! I went to the Rejuvenation Hardware website because I remembered that I used to be able to look at lighting by period & year span. I recalled them being bought by a large box store (was it PB? I don't even really care to know after that) and it was fairly disappointing to see the changes. It wasn't as educational as it used to be.

Didn't find much on eBay but I'm sure that's just because I am honing in on the right search words. The stuff that pulled up like the pictures above were in excess of $200.

I'll have to also get better at trolling CL for more.

I should be picking up my lighting stash on Saturday. It includes a chandelier, the ceiling mount fixture and they said that they would throw in a bunch of wall sconces that they took out all for $50!!!!!!! Whoo Hoo! No pics of the sconces but I said I'd take them. Decisions can be made later as what to keep.

Restoring a vintage painted light fixture

This is a link to another gardenwebber's DIY vintage light fixture restoration. Can't wait to see what else you get and what you do with it!

You might want to look for a "pan fixture".

http://www.rejuvenation.com/catalog/products/r4171

Re: Rejuvenation.

When I first bought fixtures from Rejuvenation, the catalog had a few photos and a lot of line drawings. Every fixture was built to order (although it is really assembly of stock parts) and you were able to more fully customize above and beyond the normal built-to-order fixture.

The catalog stated that it was printed with soy ink.

I had trouble with one fixture that was a T shaped library lamp with two sockets. It came damaged twice because of the unusual shape of the fixture, and when I talked to customer service I said that part of the problem I thought, was that it was wrapped in newspaper and I was surprised that they didn't use a combo of plastic and expanding foam to pack at least their more delicate fixtures. The rep said "I agree that would be better but it's also environmentally unsound, so we don't use that method". I think I got one other fixture that was bent and I just bent it back.

They were very nice and the service was very personalized. So much so that when I placed an order over a year later, the woman said "Oh I remember you, you kept getting damaged fixtures"

Now, I guess, it's another generic, semi-mass-market catalog store.

Here are two cast iron single mount fixtures the first is $25 from Bonanza, I used them once to find a santa gift and they were prompt and honest in my experience.

Here is a google search for lots under 200 in brass https://www.google.com/search?redir_esc=&client=tablet-android-samsung&hl=en-US&oe=utf-8&safe=images&q=markel.+lights&source=android-browser-type&qsubts=1438779567448&devloc=0#hl=en-US&tbm=shop&q=brass+1920s+flush+ceiling+fixtures

I was going to offer up my thread on restoration, but teeda beat me to it. :-)

Search terms to use on ebay: polychrome, cast aluminum, cast iron. Some people put them in the home & garden category and others in Collectibles, so you have to poke around a bit. And plenty of people want too much for them. Good luck!

Thank you so much! Additional search terms will def. help me out a lot. A lot is just a wait and search and wait and search game isn't it?!

Hmmm. Maybe I should not hang the pair of chandeliers in the garage I took down.....lol One is 5 bulbs up and the other down. Both need rewiring, I mention this because it has been hard to find parts to repair them. I am keeping mine but doubt I will ever use them again. I like them but the bare bulb hurts my eyes and can trigger migraines, some thing to think about for some of those bare bulb styles.

Use the new bulbs that look old.

I have three styles in my kitchen and two styles in my bathroom. I even have a box full of left overs!Shop
carefully. They can be bought cheap. It's not impossible to rewire
them, you might have to hunt for parts, but with so many to choose from,
pick one that is all there and just change the wire and the socket.

There are similar fixtures are also made in ceramic called porcelier.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2053587.m570.l1311.R5.TR9.TRC2.A0.H2.TRS0&_nkw=porcelier+light+fixture&_sacat=0These pictures were taken during construction so you may see something that didn't stay that way ( sawdust on the mirror!) These are on each side of the old mirror

This is the ceiling light

And I already had a table lamp in the same pattern and I didn't even know it when I bought the sconces and ceiling lights. I was meant to happen, I guess.

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