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Remove bronze patina8/13/2023 I was wondering if it was possible that these could have been converted from natural gas to total electric somewhere along the way. The farmhouse was originally built with natural gas lines running throughout the house and all natural gas lights. There used to be three white milk bowl shades, which slipped on over the outer part of the socket and the lightbulb would hold it in place, but that was many years ago – I guess at various times they must have broke over the many, many years these had been hanging in the farmhouse. The name was written down inside each of the three sockets where the lightbulbs are fitted. I am curious when this was made and the only thing that I can find on any of it is the name Leviton, which is a company that makes electrical items. It also has a switch at the bottom of the base that can still be turned, which can turn the light off and on. Then, it has a chain with the original cloth and copper wiring still laced among the links down through the wooden portion, which continues onto the three arms, and comes out horizontal from the base. The light bulbs screw into it at the top side of each of the three light bases and the body is either walnut or oak, not sure.Įverything is all original and the base, which sets up against the ceiling, has what I would call a “hammered” design to it and the metal is fairly thin. I just happened to bring this one back home with me. I have one of two antique, hanging, wooden and bronze, three-arm, ceiling-directed lights with original wiring with me and the other is still hanging at my great-grandparents property that still remains in the family.
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