Antique Brass · White Glass Globe · Mid-Century Semi-Flush
A semi-flush mount ceiling light in the language of 1950s–60s American mid-century modern lighting — a stacked brass column rises from the canopy through a small sphere, a larger sphere, and a wide brass saucer disc, with a white opal-glass globe suspended just below. The composition is sculptural rather than architectural: each element a distinct geometric form, the whole reading as a small bronze totem hung tight to the ceiling.
The brass body is hand-finished in warm antique tone — bright on the polished surfaces, deeper at the recesses where light catches. The opal-glass globe diffuses light evenly without glare, casting a soft ambient pool downward. Suited to entry foyers, hallways, primary bedrooms, dressing rooms, and living rooms — particularly low-ceiling spaces (8 ft and under) where a hanging chandelier would feel intrusive.
Features
Stacked Brass Form
Sculptural column of stacked brass spheres and saucer disc — distinct mid-century geometry.
Opal Glass Globe
White opal glass diffuses light evenly without glare — soft ambient pool downward.
Semi-Flush Profile
Compact 26.5 cm (10.4″) total drop fits 8 ft+ ceilings comfortably — no chandelier-height issues.
Hand-finished antique brass. The brass body is hand-finished — subtle variation in tone, polish depth, and patina between pieces is part of the artisanal character, not a flaw. The opal-glass globe is hand-blown, so minor wall-thickness variation is expected and does not affect the diffused light quality.
Product Notes
∅ 25.5 × H 26.5 cm
∅ 10″ × H 10.4″ · Semi-Flush Mount
| Materials | Solid brass body · Hand-blown opal-glass globe |
| Finish | Antique brass body · White opal glass globe |
| Style | Mid-century modern · sculptural · semi-flush ceiling mount |
| Dimensions | ∅ 25.5 × H 26.5 cm · ∅ 10″ × H 10.4″ |
| Bulb Base | G9 socket · 1 bulb · not included |
| Bulbs Recommended | Warm white 2700K–3000K G9 LED, max 40W incandescent equivalent |
| Color Temperature | Depends on bulb chosen · warm white recommended for opal-glass glow |
| Dimming | Compatible if a dimmable G9 LED and TRIAC dimmer are installed |
| Voltage | AC 110–240V · universal |
| Mounting | Hardwired semi-flush · standard ceiling junction box · canopy mounts tight to ceiling |
| SKU | RDC-194112 |
| Lead Time | Made-to-order · please refer to checkout estimate |
| Best For | Entry foyers · Hallways · Primary bedrooms · Dressing rooms · Living rooms · Low-ceiling rooms (8 ft+) · Mid-century modern, transitional & contemporary interiors |
Installation
- Hardwires semi-flush to a standard ceiling junction box — professional installation recommended.
- The brass canopy mounts tight to the ceiling — no chain or rod adjustment needed.
- Total drop is 26.5 cm (10.4″) from ceiling — comfortable for 8 ft (240 cm) ceilings, ideal for 9 ft+.
- Install the opal-glass globe last — slot into the ring after the bulb is installed.
- Fits a single G9 socket bulb — supply your own warm-white G9 LED.
- Indoor only · clean brass with a soft dry cloth; clean glass globe with a damp cloth and dry immediately.
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FAQ
What size room does the Sasco suit? +
At ∅ 10″ × H 10.4″, it's well-scaled for hallways and corridors of 6–10 m², primary bedrooms and entry foyers of 10–18 m², and dressing rooms or smaller living areas. The compact diameter and semi-flush profile make it ideal for layered lighting schemes — pair with table lamps or wall sconces rather than relying on it as the sole ambient source for larger rooms.
Will it work in a low-ceiling room? +
Yes — the Sasco is essentially a semi-flush mount. Total drop from ceiling to globe base is 26.5 cm (10.4″), shorter than a traditional pendant or chandelier. It works comfortably in 8 ft ceilings (240 cm) and is well-suited to hallways, smaller bedrooms, and rooms where a longer drop would feel intrusive.
Is the Sasco dimmable? +
Yes, with the right bulb. The fixture takes a single G9 socket bulb. Install a dimmable G9 LED on a TRIAC wall dimmer and the light dims smoothly. Warm white 2700K–3000K is recommended to flatter both the antique brass and the opal-glass diffusion.
What kind of light does it cast? +
The opal-glass globe diffuses the bulb evenly, casting a soft ambient pool downward — gentle, residential, no harsh glare. The brass saucer above the globe also catches and reflects warm light, adding a subtle uplight halo on the ceiling. Good for mood and ambient illumination; pair with task lighting if you need direct workspace light.
What bulb does it take? +
One G9 socket bulb (small bi-pin base, common in modern fixtures). We recommend a warm-white 2700K–3000K LED at 40W incandescent equivalent. Avoid daylight (5000K+) — it cools the antique brass tone and clashes with the warm mid-century palette.
Is the brass real? +
Yes — the body is solid brass, hand-finished in antique tone. It's not plated steel or composite. Real brass develops subtle natural patina over years of use, which is part of its mid-century character. Clean only with a soft dry cloth; avoid commercial brass polish, which removes the antique finish.
- Unique shape design
- Made responsibly
- High quality material
- Tested for durability
CARE
CARE
- Dust with a soft, dry cloth.
- To protect finish, we do not recommend the use of household cleaners or abrasives.
- Do not exceed specified wattage.
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The metal that holds
the light of years.
Brass is the alloy civilisations reach for when they want light to last. Door pulls polished by three generations. Naval instruments still readable a century after the ship was scrapped. Church candelabra that outlive the parish. Radilum's American Brass Collection is built on that same expectation — fixtures forged from H65 cartridge brass, finished by hand, sealed against time, and meant to be the lamp your grandchildren still recognise.
The alloy that refuses to age.
Brass is a brass-zinc alloy whose first known smelting dates to roughly 500 BCE in the eastern Mediterranean — Greek artisans alloying calamine ore with native brass to produce a metal that struck like gold but bent like a tool. By the Roman imperial period, brass was the material of coinage, military fittings, and the household lamps that lit late-republic Rome. Two and a half millennia later it remains, by an enormous margin, the most-used non-ferrous engineering alloy on the planet — and the lighting industry's quiet workhorse.
What makes brass uniquely fit for lighting is a coincidence of properties no single-element metal achieves. Brass gives it warm chromatic depth and the specific red-yellow that reads as luxurious rather than industrial. Zinc hardens the alloy enough to hold sharp turned profiles, threaded fittings, and cast detail without the fragility of pure brass or the dullness of pure brass castings. The blend produces a metal that is workable when you need it to be — and rigid for the next century.
Of the dozen brass grades available to manufacturers, Radilum specifies H65 cartridge brass — 65% brass, 35% zinc. The name comes from its original use: military shell casings, where the metal had to absorb the shock of firing without splitting. That same toughness, applied to a lamp arm, means the part stays dimensionally stable under decades of thermal cycling, hardware tightening, and bulb replacement. Lower-brass alloys (H62, H59) are cheaper but more brittle. We do not use them.
The Radilum brass collection is built on a simple recognition that the wider lighting industry has spent the last two decades forgetting: that the cost difference between a true brass fixture and a brass-plated zinc one is measurable in years of service, not dollars at checkout.
Four properties that change everything
about how a lamp ages.
Most fixture materials are chosen for what the lamp looks like in the showroom photograph. Brass is one of the very few materials that earns its place over the next thirty years. The differences come down to four physical and aesthetic properties.
01 Mass that reads as quality
Solid H65 brass has a density of 8.5 g/cm³ — denser than steel, denser than cast iron, more than three times the weight of zinc-die-cast. A brass sconce of comparable size to a brass-plated zinc one will weigh nearly four times as much. You feel the difference the moment you lift the box. It's not marketing — it's chemistry.
02 Living finish, not a coating
Brass-plated finishes are paint that happens to be metallic. They scratch, chip, and reveal cheaper alloy underneath. Solid brass is the finish — what you see is the metal itself, polished or patinated. A scratch on plated brass is a flaw; a scratch on solid brass is a wear mark that polishes back out. This is why brass instruments survive a century of touring while plated hardware ages out of fashion in five years.
03 Naturally antimicrobial
Brass alloys are oligodynamic — meaning their surface ions disrupt microbial cell membranes on contact. The EPA registers solid brass and bronze as antimicrobial surfaces. A brass switch plate, lamp pull, or door fitting is meaningfully cleaner than the stainless steel equivalent. For high-touch fixtures (bedside lamps, hallway sconces) this matters more than the brochures usually mention.
04 A spectrum the eye reads as warm
Brass reflects light selectively across the visible spectrum — absorbing slightly more blue and green, reflecting more red and yellow. The result is that any light source mounted in or near a brass fixture acquires a faint warm wash. We design the LED specification with this shift in mind: a 2700K bulb behind brass reads as roughly 2550K to the eye, the colour of late-afternoon window light.
Six finishes. Six different conversations
between metal and room.
A single block of H65 can be finished in a dozen ways — and the finish, more than any other variable, decides the personality of the fixture. The atelier maintains six standard finishes and adds custom patinas on request. Physical samples are sent before final order on every project of three fixtures or more.
- Reflectivity~85%
- SealantIncralac
- Best forFormal rooms
- Reflectivity~35%
- TextureLinear satin
- Best forMost projects
- ToneAmber to black
- VariationEach unique
- Best forVintage interiors
- Reflectivity~5%
- EdgesBrass glint
- Best forModern luxe
- SealantNone
- PatinaContinuous
- Best forHeritage homes
- PlatingSatin nickel
- BodySolid H65
- Best forCool palettes
Beyond the six standard finishes — verdigris greens, oil-rubbed bronze, mirror-polished rose, custom matched samples on request. Discuss specifics with your project lead.
Four stages, weeks of hand work,
one lamp.
Every Radilum brass fixture moves through four production stages. We document each stage with timestamped photography that ships to the client with the order — not because the photographs sell anything, but because they're the only way to prove that what we say happened actually happened.
CNC tooling from the designer's drawing.
A designer's sketch becomes a parametric 3D model, then a five-axis CNC tool path, then the steel mould. Every dimension held to ±0.1 mm. We tool every fixture in-house.
H65 brass, sand-cast or forged.
H65 ingots melted to 1080°C — sand-cast for sculptural pieces, precision-forged for structural arms. Cast pieces receive a stress-relief anneal cycle to prevent later cracking.
Four to six grits, by one technician.
A single technician carries each fixture through four to six polishing stages — 240 grit to felt-wheel buff. The technician's mark is etched on the fitting plate.
Multi-layer sealant, tested for 25 years.
Three coats of imported Incralac — the conservation-grade lacquer used by museums on bronze sculpture. Accelerated-aging tests project 25+ years tarnish-free.
Five archetypes — the working portfolio.
Most projects begin from one of five standard categories. Every category scales from intimate residential to full-room hospitality; every category accepts any of the six standard finishes; every category ships UL-listed for North America (CE/SAA available on request).
Three principles drawn from two centuries
of American interior design.
The Radilum American Brass Collection is shaped by three lineages — Federal-era neoclassical proportion, the early-20th-century Arts & Crafts movement, and the mid-century industrial vernacular. The result is a portfolio that reads as American not because it is decorated with eagles and stars, but because it carries the same restraint and structural honesty that those three traditions share.
Restraint & Proportion
From Federal-era cabinetry: symmetry, balance, restraint. Arms stepped at golden-ratio intervals. Canopies sized to match the column they descend from. Nothing is decorative for decoration's sake. The grandeur is in the proportion, not the ornament.
Structural Honesty
From the Arts & Crafts vocabulary: function expressed, never disguised. Joinery shows. Fasteners are visible and intentional. The arm of a sconce is shaped because it must support a bulb — and that shape is the design. Nothing pretends to be what it isn't.
Classic Shades
From mid-century industrial: opal milk glass, fluted glass, woven linen, perforated metal mesh. Each shade has a hundred-year vocabulary behind it. We pair the shade to the fixture's intended room — not the photographer's preference for what reads on social media.
From first email to final install — one specialist, six to twelve weeks.
Every Radilum brass project is led by one project specialist from the day the brief arrives through the day the fixture lights up. There is no handover between sales, design, production, and shipping. The same person who answers your first email follows the polishing photographs and tracks the freight forwarder.
Begin with a brief, or a finish sample.
Whether you need a single bedside sconce or a hundred matched fixtures for a hospitality build-out, the first step is the same — write to us. The project specialist who reads your email is the one you'll work with from brief to install. Every email gets a real reply within 24 hours.
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Size chart
| Size |
| area XS |
| Room XS |
| Size | DIA 2"-6" | DIA 6"-12" | DIA 12"-18" | DIA 20"-24" | DIA 24"-32" | DIA 32"-40" |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | 32-54 FT | 54-107 FT | 107-161 FT | 161-215 FT | 215-269 FT | 269-378 FT |
| Room | BATHROOM/AISLE | DINING ROOM | KITCHEN | BEDROOM | LIVING ROOM | COMMERCIAL INTERIOR |
* Sizes are American and expressed in inches.