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Large Plain Beaker Porcelain Light

⌀ 100 h 110 mm | 240g | E27 fitting

£160

We are currently out of stock of this item.

Please get in contact by calling 01509 261000 or send an email to enquiries@devolkitchens.co.uk if you are interested in placing an order and we will let you know as soon as they become available.

Individually handmade and assembled to order in our ceramics studio at Cotes Mill, lead time 3-4 weeks

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Product Information

Our beautiful Porcelain Pendant Lights are all handmade from unglazed white porcelain at Cotes Mill.

These lights are supplied with an antiqued brass lampholder, a matching brass ceiling rose, a dimmable bulb chosen specially for the shade design and 2.2 metres of high quality off-white twisted fabric flex cord. Also available with a UK mains plug and in-line switch.

Bayonet mount (B22), dimmable bulb included.

Shade: ø 100 h 110 mm | 240g

This product is wired to UK specification. For use outside the UK please seek the advice of a professional electrician before installation.

A US specific version is available.

Delivery

We aim to dispatch all stocked items within 2 working days.

Items that are made to order have lead times and will be dispatched as soon as they are ready.

UK Standard Item (48hr): £8.50*

Europe Standard Item (48-72hr): £18.00

(One charge per order - not per item)

*Higher rates apply to some UK addresses - see a full list of delivery charges here.

Please contact us if you wish to place an order from outside of Europe.

Returns

Most of our accessories are eligible for return within 28 days, bespoke items and product samples are not eligible for returns. If products are returned to us in the condition in which they were sent then we will issue a full refund for the cost of the item, excluding any delivery fees. Please contact us at returns@devolkitchens.co.uk with your order number and the items you wish to return before posting them.

deVOL will also take responsibility for any items that arrive damaged or broken. To arrange a replacement please contact us directly at returns@devolkitchens.co.uk within 7 days of receiving your items.

deVOL cannot take responsibility for the return postage cost of items or any loss or breakages that occur during the return process. We therefore recommend that returns are made using the original packaging with a tracked, insured and signed for service.

delicate handcrafted sculptures, by deVOL

In July 2017, our Creative Director, Helen Parker, began work on transforming the oldest part of deVOL’s Cotes Mill showroom into a new classic kitchen display. She pictured soft white cabinets with rich dark woods, terracotta floors, luscious greenery and a vast array of delicate pendant lights all hanging at different heights. Helen tasked freshly graduated Fine Artist, Kat Major Janes, with creating the lighting for the display and they spent the next half year developing the new range together.

Porcelain is known for its delicacy and a kind of pure whiteness which, when combined with its translucency, made it the obvious choice for the lights in this space. We experimented with elaborate patterns and glazes before deciding to leave the shades unglazed and let the natural surface quality of the porcelain take centre stage. This gives them a chalky matt finish and allows light to glow through in soft, peachy hues. It also meant we were free to focus more attention on developing the forms, such as the pleated shades which are inspired in part by the popular French milk glass lighting of the early 20th century. The earliest attempt at making a pleated light involved draping a thinly rolled sheet of wet porcelain over a mandala of pencils leant against an upturned bowl. This worked surprisingly well but there were a lot of refinements to be made in order to achieve the neat and uniform pleats that we wanted. Eventually, a series of clay formers were carefully sculpted by hand and cast in plaster to create moulds for draping the porcelain sheets.

In the end, we settled on fourteen different porcelain shades and decided to pair them with simple and classic fittings. The pendants are sold with antiqued brass lampholders, subtle off-white twisted fabric flex cord and a variety of bulbs chosen to work with each specific shade design. We have also introduced a plug-in option to the range. Our ‘plug it, hang it, twist it lights’ are available with all fourteen shades and all of the same fittings, but they are supplied with a mains plug and an in-line switch. This makes for an incredibly versatile little lamp; you can hang it from a hook, coil it around a beam or rail and easily move it around your house, wherever you fancy. We’re so pleased with how these porcelain pendant lights have turned out and their popularity has exceeded all our expectations. Since completing the range in March 2018, we’ve sold hundreds of lights to people from all over the world, including individual kitchen customers and interior design agencies. They have also been featured in several design magazines and on renowned interiors sites like Remodelista. This is remarkable considering that every light is individually crafted by hand, by a small team in our little ceramics studio in Loughborough.

Lighting

The perfect light can be so hard to find, you want something classic and stylish but without making a big statement - or worse, a great big eye-sore. Our collection of delicate ceramic pendants are all carefully handcrafted here in our Cotes Mill studio, each one is completely unique and special.