The Port Starboard Lamp

Some instruments once told a captain which way the ship was turning. This one now simply tells a room where to look.

At its center sits a genuine antique rudder angle indicator, its dial still marked "Port" and "Starboard," housed in its original teal-painted casing complete with maker's plate and mounting brackets. Salvaged from real marine service, it carries the unmistakable weight of an instrument once trusted on a working bridge — now repurposed, fully intact, as the centerpiece of a sculptural table lamp.

Rising above the dial, two light arms branch outward in quiet asymmetry, each built from genuine salvaged brass and steel pipe fittings, hand-bent and joined rather than manufactured to shape. Protective wire cages house exposed filament bulbs at their ends, casting warm light down across the dial's aged glass and weathered teal housing below. The piece stands on a salvaged toothed gear, its rough, mechanical silhouette grounding the more delicate ironwork above with real industrial honesty.

Nothing here was built to imitate age — the dial, the casing, the gear, all genuinely lived a working life before arriving here. This is recycled art in its purest form: real maritime history, reclaimed rather than replicated.

As with every piece in this collection, the antique rudder indicator at its heart is singular. This lamp exists in a single, unrepeatable form.

Details:

• Recycled Art — pipe fittings and brackets all reclaimed

• Handcrafted piece— assembled piece by piece, no two lamps identical

• Antique rudder angle indicator — original teal casing and dial intact

• Twin asymmetric light arms — salvaged brass and steel pipe fittings

• Wire cage shades — housing exposed Edison-style filament bulbs

• Salvaged toothed gear base — original patina preserved

A piece for collectors drawn to real maritime history — where an instrument once trusted at sea now anchors a room with warm, quiet light.