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This item will be posted to you by Steampunk Creative Engineering within 3 days of receiving payment.
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Upcycled/repurposed steampunk and industrial themed lighting. All with economical mains voltage LED lamps to help with your bill and save the planet!
I welcome custom orders and commissions so if you have something you would like making, repurposing or restoring, get in touch and let’s talk about what we could achieve.
I’ve had both main components for a while, awaiting inspiration, then one day it came; put them together – and I’m really pleased with the result, a retro feature floor lamp with character.
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Full description
A retro feature lamp for your home, my repurposed paraffin can floor lamp is a unique marriage of a 1960s 5-gallon paraffin dispenser and a 1990s adjustable arm desk lamp. The paraffin can, labelled Esso Blue, is the sort that could be found in every UK hardware shop for dispensing paraffin into customers’ own cans. It is old, scratched but not dented and does have some rust, this has been treated and a coat of beeswax applied to stop it worsening whilst preserving the patina. I have given the brass dispensing tap a polish to add a splash of brightness.
I have mounted an adjustable arm from a 1990s desk lamp onto the can’s filler cap, the red of the arm complements the blue of the can well, rewired it with new CE flex, a new BSI plug and cleaned, inspected and tested the original switch and ceramic bulb holder. The bulb fitted is a new 4.1 watt BC LED mini globe which is supplied with the lamp.
The dimensions of the can are 11.25”/29cm diameter 20”/51cm tall and the arm sits on top of this with 360 degrees movement about its pivot in the cap and 90 degrees vertically.
Features;
53”/135cm tall (max)
11.25”/29cm wide/deep (min)
44”/112cm wide/deep (max)
230v ac mains operation
4.1W filament LED mini globe bulb supplied
2m of new unobtrusive black 2 core flex
Black plug with correct 3A fuse
Safety tested and certified UKCA compliant
Highly decorative and versatile floor lamp
Complete, tested and ready for prompt dispatch
Delivery included
Designed by Mick in my workshop in Telford
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