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Penelope Barker Sconce
Penelope Barker Sconce
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Shown in hand-rubbed bronze. This style with a long, narrow glass chimney is based on a traditional oil lamp. In the late 1700s and early 1800s whale oil lamps would have been considered a "high tech" lighting solution in contrast with the established use of candles. Whale oil lamps offered more light, created less smoke and the tallow used in candles created a rather pungent and disagreeable smell when burned.
Every piece is handmade to order here in our Vermont workshops.
Materials
Materials
All metal parts are made of American sheet copper, brass or terne coated copper. Individual parts start out as sheets of metal on which patterns are laid out, cut, folded, rolled and soldered by hand. When called for in a particular model, wood parts are hand turned of Vermont maple and stained or painted in keeping with the original designs. We make no compromises with either materials or quality.
Shipping & Returns
Shipping & Returns
Dimensions
Dimensions
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Care Instructions
Care Instructions
Hand Burnished Copper
Copper parts are hand burnished and left uncoated to oxidize and age to a patina similar to an old penny.
Terne-Coated Copper
A coating of hot-dipped tin alloy is applied to the raw copper sheet at the foundry. When left exposed to the elements its bright new finish will dull down to a mottled gray.
Darkened Terne Coated Copper
Terne-coated copper is oxidized by hand and then sealed to retain its blackened finish. DO NOT USE METAL POLISH AS IT WILL REMOVE THE PLATING.
Hand Burnished Brass
Metal Parts are burnished and left uncoated to age naturally. They will darken over time and acquire a black colored patina.
Antique Pewter
Metal parts are hand-plated with our pewter formula. They will oxidize darken and acquire the patina of mottled, old pewter. DO NOT USE METAL POLISH AS IT WILL REMOVE THE PLATING.
Gunmetal
Metal parts are plated with our custom blue-black formula.
Finger Prints
Fingerprints on metal are initially prominent due to accelerated oxidation. Each fixture is assembled by hand and the moisture in the skin darkens the contacted metal rapidly. The drier remaining portions of exposed metal will darken more slowly. Both areas will blend as they age and acquire a patina.
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