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    Posted 2 years ago

    RWilson82
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    ?Vintage S&M Navy spotlight?
    We have been looking for over a year to find one like it. Not sure if it came off a warship or what?
    Very heavy. About 3” tall.

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    1. dav2no1 dav2no1, 2 years ago
      See comments..

      https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/246630-vintage-industrial-lights--s-and-m-lamp-c
    2. dav2no1 dav2no1, 2 years ago
      Anything that is military would be heavily marked as such. The base does not look like a ship mount.

      https://www.1stdibs.com/en-gb/furniture/lighting/decorative-lighting-lamps/antique-sm-swivel-ship-searchlight-c1940/id-f_25276392/

      The American History museum hold a collection of their catalogs. I suggest contacting the research department and asking them to look up your model number.

      https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/SILNMAHTL_16011
    3. dav2no1 dav2no1, 2 years ago
      Some more searching..I saw one spotlight with a similar base from a different company that claimed to be from a ship. But several with a similar base claimed to be fire/police search lights.
    4. dav2no1 dav2no1, 2 years ago
      The FD in the catalog number may be fire department? That would seem to make sense?
    5. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 2 years ago
      Quite rare to find one of these beauties out there !~
    6. AnythingObscure AnythingObscure, 2 years ago
      Their 110-125V rating would make me wonder if they were for police/fire usage, which I'd guess would be 6-12V(DC) if so? I do think I've seen similar fixtures meant for theatre/stage lighting, though??

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