Thursday, February 24, 2011

ORIGINAL VINTAGE FLAT CONE REFLECTOR BARN LIGHT MANUFACTURED BY THE BENJAMIN ELECTRIC COMPANY - FOUND - OFFERED AT $249

[caption id="attachment_343" align="aligncenter" width="1024" caption="EXCEPTIONAL UNDERSIDE OF THIS 80 YEAR OLD BARN LIGHT, IT IS FLAWLESS! OFFERED AT $249"][/caption]MANUFACTURED BY THE BENJAMIN ELECTRIC COMPANY IS THIS AMAZING ORIGINAL VINTAGE PORCELAIN ENAMEL FLAT CONE REFLECTOR FACTORY/BARN LIGHT. DEFINED BY THE EDGE OF THE SHADE IT OFFERED BROAD EXPANSIVE ILLUMINATION WHERE NEEDED, RATHER THAN THE CONSCENTRATED AREAS COVERED BY DOME REFLECTORS, AND WAS USED IN LUMBER YARDS, FACTORIES AND ON BARNS. AS SHOWN YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL TURN LOCK HOOD AND THE ORIGINAL PORCELAIN SOCKET INSIDE. ALTHOUGH IT HAD BEEN IN USE FOR MANY YEARS.....YOU WOULD NEVER GUESS THIS FIXTURE IS 80 YEARS OLD!. IT IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION BOTH OUTSIDE AND INSIDE! NOTE THE SHINE AND THE SIGNATURE BLACK RIM OF A VINTAGE SHADE.THIS FIXTURE WEIGHS ABOUT 8 LBS AND IT IS DESIGNED FOR THE WORST OF MOTHER NATURE. THE BENJAMIN ELECTRIC COMPANY STOPPED MANUFACTURING THESE IN 1958 BECAUSE OF EPA REGULATIONS INVOLVING AIR POLUTION IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF STEEL AND THE PORCELAIN ENAMEL FINISHING PROCESS. VISIT MY WEBSITE http://www.vintagebarnlights.com OR MY eBay STORE APPLETON ESALES FOR DETAILS AND PURCHASE INFORMATION, FOR THIS BARN LIGHT AS WELL AS MY COLLECTION OF OVER 200. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO RESCUE THESE WONDERFUL EXAMPLES OF ORIGINAL VINTAGE ELECTRICAL LIGHTING, STILL AS FUNCTIONAL TODAY AS THEY WERE 100 YEARS AGO!.

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