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Lights:
Boxed
Sets Various |
First
some different export labels that are found on many, but
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![]() Box 36 same as label Box 43 |
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![]() Box 41 PASSED The Japan Federation of Electric Lamp Mfrs. Ass. *Inspection Bureau* |
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![]() Box 43 same as label Box 36 |
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The
following boxes I found now and then and at one time it occurred to
me that the same design for the box had apparently been used over a
long period, judging by the quality of the cardboard and the colors
of the printing. Below I have tried to picture them, what I think to be the oldest first and bought as is. There is no indication of a make. |
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ER1 Box: 9 x 23 cm. This is a small box with electric cord for 10 bulbs with sockets of green bakelite. There are 11 bulbs, so one is reserve. I bought the cord with the box, so I presume they are contemporary. A label on the side of the cover reads “export standard”. |
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ER2 Box: 15 x 26 cm. This is a larger box with the electric cord attached to one half of the plastic light covers. One half unscrews for replacing the light bulb. I have been told they date from the 1950s. |
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ER3 Box: 32 x 20 cm. Larger box for 18 lights. The electric cord is covered with cloth and the 16 sockets are green bakelite. So there would be room for 2 reserve lamps. I am not sure if the cord and the lamps are contemporary with the box, but I am showing them here as I bought them. |
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ER5 Box: 25 x 9 cm. This is a box with an electric cord for 9 lamps with dark green bakelite sockets. The box holds 9 light bulbs, so there is no room for a reserve. On the side of the lid is a white label, reading “S-F 120V”. See also the next box. |
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ER6 Box: 25 x 15cm. This box contains an electric cord for 18 light bulbs with green bakelite sockets. There is room for two reserve lamps. On the side of the cover is a white label, reading “L - O 220V”. |
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ER8 It has an 8-socket plastic electric cord with green sockets. There is room for 9 bulbs, so one reserve. At the side is the
red/white label "EXPORT STANDARD" and stamped with a small (diam.
approx. 1,3cm - inches 0,51) round, blue inked stamp. I can only decipher
8.11. |
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ER9 It has an 10-socket
green fabric covered electric cord with green sockets. There are 11 figural bulbs, all clear glass and marked 15VJAPAN, room for
one reserve; I am not sure they belong to the box. |
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ER10 Box with 20 midget lights; green plastic cord and green bakelite plug. No mention of manufacturer or origin. On the base of the box is blue stamped "220V" and "No. 2756" |
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The following boxes are various makes, sometimes a production firm is mentioned, but very often the boxes are just marked "Christmas Lamps" or some such indication. There are sometimes a few variations of each in this collection, or just only one. |
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1 Box: 13 x 13 cm. We think this is a string of home made Christmas lights just before or during WW2: - electric cord is made of two different electric wires - papier maché candle shaped holders - bulb, 27 volts, holder and candle clip are held together by a rubber band; this is original because there are still some of the original rubber bands intact and the electric wire has been tied inside the rubber band, which cannot be done with the replacement rubber bands. |
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Various2 Box: 28 x 21,7 cm. SIGTAY - Gay, Enchanting, Fairy-Lights. Green plastic electrical cord with 16 green mottled sockets. There is a special compartment for two reserve bulbs. The text “14V3W SIGTAY” is impressed in the lamp, while in another, possibly older box, the text is stamped on, and the “W” is omitted. On the side of the lid, in white reserves, is stamped respectively “220-240V” and “16 + 2 L”. |
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Various
3 Box: 25 x 9 cm. Christmas Lamps/Decoration Lamp Set. On one short side of the lid the logo in black print <HS> in a diamond. Green plastic electrical cord with 9 darker green bakelite sockets. No reserve. In the lid is stamped with blue ink” Avant d’allumer, visser à fond les lampes. Alvorens aan te steken, alle lampjes toteindetoeaanvijzen”. Funny is that the last word is really 4 separate words, but here has been printed as one. On one side of the lid in a white reserve is stamped “……2/ M-F/130V”. |
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Various4 Box: 19 x 9 cm. The same as the previous box, but smaller, and probably newer. Christmas Lamps/Decoration Lamp Set. On one short side of the lid the logo in black print <HS> in a diamond. Green plastic electrical cord with 9 green bakelite sockets. No reserve. In the lid is stamped in red “Avant d’allumer, visser à fond les lampes. Alvorens aan te steken, alle lampjes toteindetoeaanvijzen” On one side of the lid, stamped in white reserve: 31502/C-8 130V.” |
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Various4B Box: 25 x 15 cm. The same series as the previous two boxes, but larger. Christmas Lamps/Decoration Lamp Set. On one short side of the lid the logo in black print <HS> in a diamond. Green plastic electrical cord with 16 green bakelite sockets, so 2 reserve. Cord has apparently been repaired. In the lid is stamped in black “Avant d’allumer, visser à fond les lampes. Alvorens aan te steken, alle lampjes toteindetoeaanvijzen” On one side of the lid, stamped in white reserve: ??/8-F 220V.” |
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4c Box: 31,5 x 19,5 cm. The same graphics as the previous boxes, but larger. Christmas Lamps/Decoration Lamp Set. On one short side of the lid the logo in black print <HS> in a diamond. Green plastic electrical cord with 16 green bakelite sockets, so 2 reserve. The cord and part of the light bulbs came with the box. Bulbs are engraved on the base “15V” and 15V Japan”. Inside the lid blue stamped “Avant d’allumer, visser à fond les lampes. Alvorens aan te steken, alle lampjes toteindetoeaanvijzen”. On one side of the lid is a white panel, but without specifications. |
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4d Box: 32 x 19,5 cm. The same graphics as the previous boxes, but a small difference in size of the previous box. Considering the print they are not of the same period. Christmas Lamps/Decoration Lamp Set. On one short side of the lid the logo in black print <HS> in a diamond. Green plastic electrical cord with 16 green bakelite sockets, so 2 reserve. The cord and part of the light bulbs came with the box. Bulbs are all clear glass and engraved on the base “15V” and 15V Japan”, while two are ink stamped “15V”. Inside the lid red ink stamped “Avant d’allumer, visser à fond les lampes. Alvorens aan te steken, alle lampjes toteindetoeaanvijzen”. On one side of the lid is a white panel, with black ink stamped “M-F/31525 220V”. |
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Various5 Box: 23 x 16,5 cm. Green plastic (crumbling) electrical cord with 12 sockets mounted in hard plastic holders, on which corn shaped caps are pushed on. Some of these caps are stuck tight and in the others the bulb is missing. No mention of manufacturing firm anywhere, only on the base of the box “110/130 V”. |
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Various6 Box: 31 x 10 cm. Christmas Lamps - Decoration Lamp Set. Green plastic electrical cord with 9 green bakelite sockets and room for one reserve bulb. On one side of the lid, in a white reserve is stamped/printed: “M/F …… TYPE 130 V 9 + 1 PCS” A cut-out label with “Intermittent” is glued above the text. |
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Various7 Box: 25 x 25 cm. Decorative Lighting Products by NOMA. Green plastic electrical cord with 16 very black bakelite sockets and red wooden beads, and a special plug. Some of the yellow bulbs are marked on the glass 'G-E' (General Electric?). On one side of the lid printed text: “CAT.NO. 110 NOMA CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS WITH SIXTEEN LAMPS MFD. BY NOMA ELECTRIC CORPORATION NEW YORK U.S.A.3” and on the other side “MADE IN U.S.A.” Inside the lid are printed in red the directions and “220 VOLT”. |
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Various8 Box: 8 x 13 cm. Decoration Lamps. Green plastic electrical cord with 16 green bakelite sockets. Room for two reserve bulbs. On one side of the box, in a white reserve, is stamped “no. 3372”. |
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Various9 Box: 29 x 16,5 cm. Decoration Lamps. Of the same series as the previous one, but larger. Green plastic electrical cord with 16 green bakelite sockets, and room for two reserve bulbs. The bulbs do not seem to be contemporary with the box; the compartments seem too large. On one side of the box, in a white reserve, is stamped “No. 338……” |
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Various10 Box: 19 x 15 cm. Christmas Lamps - Decoration Lamps Set. Green plastic electrical cord with 16 green bakelite sockets. Room for two reserve bulbs. On one side of the lid the standard red/white label “EXPORT STANDARD” and the round stamp. |
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Various11 Box: 21,50 x 17 cm. Christmas Lamps - Decoration Lamps Set. The same series as the previous one. Green plastic electrical cord with 16 white tube shaped sockets and green metal clips attached. Bulbs are clear glass, flame shape. On one side of the lid the red/white label “EXPORT STANDARD” and stamped “240V”. |
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Various12 Box: 24,5 x 9 cm. World Light - Decoration Lamps Set. Green plastic electrical cord with 9 green bakelite sockets. No room for reserve bulb. On one side of the lid a different red label with white printed text: “JISC.9503 EXPORT STANDARD” and the round stamp. |
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Various13 Box: 25,5 x 9,5 cm. Christmas Lamps. Green plastic electrical cord with 8 green bakelite sockets. Room for one spare bulb. On one side of the lid a plain white label with stamped text “P - C 110V”. Inside the lid stamped “Avant d’allumer ……”. |
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13b Box: 31,5 x 11 cm Christmas Lamps. Of the same series as the previous one. Neither the cord, nor the bulbs were in the box, although some of them are portrayed on the lid. On one side of the lid in a white reserve is stamped “M-? 110V”. Inside the lid is stamped “Avant d’allumer…..”. |
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Various 13c Box: 25 x 15cm. Christmas Lamps. Of the same series as the two previous ones, but with double row for 16 + 2 reserve medium sized lamps. The cord and some of the bulbs came with the box. No labels or any other information on the box. Inside the lid is stamped “Avant d’allumer ...”. |
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Various15A Box: 25 x 8 cm. Permanent Christmas Lamps - Decoration Lamp Set. Green plastic electrical cord with 9 green bakelite sockets. Room for one reserve bulb. On one side of the lid, in a white reserve, printed “TYPE 110 V 9+1 PCS.” And stamped over the printing: “S-F/FAN/LANT. 130V” |
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Various15B Box: 22,5 x 13 cm. Christmas Lamps Permanent - Decoration Lamp Set. This is the same series as the previous one. Green plastic electrical cord with 16 green bakelite sockets. Room for 2 reserve bulbs. On one side of the lid, in a white reserve, printed “TYPE 220 V 16+2 PCS.” And stamped “S-F/FAN/LANT.” |
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Various16 Box: 32 x 19cm “Christmas Tree Lamps” and “BEAUTREX”. Green plastic electrical cord with 16 green bakelite sockets. On one side of the lid the “EXPORT STANDARD” label and on another side in a white reserve “Medium Fancy 10 + 2”. |
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16C Box: 25 x 15 cm “Christmas Tree Lamps” and “BEAUTREX”. This is of the same series as the previous one, but smaller size. Also green plastic electrical cord with 16 green bakelite sockets. On one side of the lid there is a white panel, but nothing in it, or it has faded completely. |
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Various17 Box: 21,7 x 8 cm. Permanent Christmas Lamps - Decoration Lamp Set. This last text is printed on the side of the lid in black. Should be green plastic cord with 9 bakelite sockets (see next box); room for one reserve bulb. On one side of the lid in a white reserve is “TYPE 110 V. 9 + 1 PCS.” and a yellow shop label. |
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Various18 Box: 20 x 13 cm. Permanent Christmas Lamps - Decoration Lamp Set. Of the same series as the previous box, but the text “Decoration Lamp Set” is now in red. Green plastic electrical cord with 16 green bakelite sockets; room for two reserve bulbs. On one side of the lid in a white reserve is stamped and printed in green: “TYPE 220 V. 16 + 2 PCS.” There is a white shop label. |
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Various19 Box: 29 x 16,5 cm. SPLENDOR -Tree Lites. Green plastic electric cord with 16 plastic candle shaped sockets. The green plug has one separate small plug and one fixed pin. On one side of the box: “Guirlandes pour illumination Imp. De Hollande” and “Guirnaldas para illuminacion Ind. Holandesa” and stamped “TYPE 2117 E 16 220-240 V”. |
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Various20 Box: 25,5 x 20,5 cm. WEINACHTSBAUM-BELEUCHTUNG. Kombinat VEB Electrogerätewerk Suhl Elektroinstallation Oberlind 64 Sonneberg DDR - GDR - RDA. Green plastic electrical cord with 10 black sockets with revolving ball on green plastic clips. The cord is attached to the plug with a separate plug and one wire direct. Bulbs are candle shape. On one side of the lid is a white label with black printed text “VEB Electroinstallation Oberlind Betriefd.Kombinats VEB Electrogerätewerk Suhl Weinachtszbaumbeleuchtung 220V für Innenräume 10 Kerzen à 22 Volt (und 2 Reservekerzen) Schlüssel-Nr. 13925881 EVP M 19,50” |
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Various21 Box: 27 x 14,5 cm. DECORATIVE LIGHTING OUTFIT. Mazda. Pink plastic electric cord with 7 rather large black bakelite ribbed sockets. There is one reserve bulb, separately packed, with a list of the patent numbers of the General Electric Co. Made in U.S.A. Inside the box directions for use have been printed. On the narrow sides of the box is the text “DECORATIVE HOLIDAY LIGHTS” and in a white panel “No.” and on the larger side of the box “DECORATIVE LIGHTING OUTFIT FOR ALL FESTIVE OCCASIONS”. On the base a logo “UNIVERSAL FOLDING BOX HOBOKEN ..” and “41”. |
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Various22 Box: 31 x 20 cm. “X’mas Tree Lamps Set STAR LIGHT “ on the lid and on the two large sides of the lid. Green plastic electrical cord with 16 green bakelite sockets. Room for two reserve bulbs. On the two smaller sides of the lid black text “STAR LIGHT Tree Lamps Set” with on one side in a white reserve stamped “220V S-1000 MEDIUM FANCY” , printed “MADE IN JAPAN” and a shop label with the price in Yen 115,-. |
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Various23 Box: 12 x 16,5 cm These lights were found in this box and the people we bough it from said they belonged together, but I have my doubts. They remind me of "Globe Lights". Comments are welcome. The electrical cord is cloth covered, looks like silk, two-colored, with 8 brown, multicolored mottled, bakelite sockets. The bulbs are 14V, indicated on the aluminium base. One is a replacement with “14V30A JAPAN” indicated on the copper base. |
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Various24 Box: 24,5 x 18,5 cm. Lid fixed to the box. No printed text, but three white labels on the lid with printed text “ELECTRIC X’MAS SET”, “Set of 10 bulbs” and “# S-1729 Medium Fancy”. Green plastic electrical cord with 10 green ribbed bakelite sockets. Room for two reserve bulbs. On one side of the lid the red label with white text “JISC ?9503 EXPORT STANDARD” |
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Various25 Box: 19 x 9 cm. Lid separate. No printed text. More or less the same design as the former box. Green cloth covered electrical cord with 8 brown bakelite sockets. Room for reserve bulb. On one side of the lid is a white label with printed and stamped text: “Size C-6 m/m Voltage 110 V. Quantity 8 Pcs. Ref. No. |
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Various26 Box: 34,5 x 15 cm. Lid separate. No printed text. Variation of the design of the former boxes. Green cloth covered electrical cord with 16 green bakelite sockets. Room for two reserve bulbs. On the base a white label with printed text “E 3455 14V” and part of a white label with red round printed text and part of a blue stamp; on one side of the lid a shopping label |
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Various27 Box: 29 x 16 cm. Well known box “Christmas Lights by NOMA”. This box is in very poor condition and I bought it many years ago in Belgium, when internet was not popular yet. Blue and red electrical cord with 7 black ribbed bakelite sockets and red berries. I presume the original light bulbs, but there are no specifications on them. |
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29 Box: 27,5 x 27,5 cm. “HAPPY CHRISTMAS LIGHT SET”. On the base of the box is stamped “VSB-16A 220V”. White plastic electrical cord with 16 white plastic sockets. What I believe to be the original bulbs are round, clear and marked, as far as I can make out “FIVEBATS 20V 015A”. They are covered by white prickly covered wires forming a ball and of which a thinner version is wound around the electrical cord. |
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Box: 26 x 10,5 cm. Found in France. Besides “Guirlandes MAZDA” printed on all sides of the box, no other text. Green plastic electrical cord with 9 green bakelite sockets, each with a red wooden bead. Room for one reserve bulb. What presumably is the original plug is marked “Bte S.G.C.G. 5 AMP.”. Mazda replacement lights with 10 lamps 5W 14V. “MADE IN FRANCE”. These were together with the box and are the same model. |
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31 Snow White and Seven Dwarfs set. Box: 32 x 11,5 cm. “Christmas Lamps” is printed on the lid and on both long sides “DECORATION LAMP SET”; on one small side is a silver label with green printing “COPYRIGHT WALT DISNEY PRODUCTION Vente Réservée” and in a white reserve stamped “MF-SW 110V Nr.????” (Medium Fancy-Snow White?) and on the other side the red/white label “EXPORT STANDARD”. Green plastic electrical cord with 8 green Bakelite sockets. This is the second box I have seen with the same copyright Walt Disney label, and the third box with the “MF-SW” stamped in the white reserve; three different graphics. |
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32 Box: 21 x 9 cm. “X’mas decoration Star Lamps Bulbs set C-6” is printed on the lid and parts of the text is repeated on the sides. Green plastic electrical cord with 9 green bakelite sockets. The cord came with the box, together with three figural lights, with engraved on the base “16V Japan”. I have completed the box with more small size figural lights, all engraved “16V Japan”. Room for one reserve bulb. On one side of the box is a white label with printed text “No. 16351 130V”; on the base of the box the red/white “Export Standard” label; on the inside of the lid is blue ink stamped “Avant d’allumer, visser à fond toutes les lampes – Alvorens aan te steken, alle lampjes tot einde toe aanvijzen”. |
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33 Box: 50 x 26cm. Lid separate. Large box with 18 large (total height each is 8cm) figural Japanese balloons bulbs. Bulb bases seem to have a silvery coating. They are all engraved “16V”. Light green cloth covered cord with 16 bakelite sockets, each with green metal clip. On the base of the box is part of a stamp: ![]() No other labels or markings remain, but the short side flaps of the lid were missing. A peculiarity of this box is the place were the cord normally is to go: this middle part is here also divided, together with the two side compartments. First I thought this could be a box for spare bulbs only, but then the inserts would not be there or should also be there for the middle row. |
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34 Box: 23 x 30cm. Old box with 16 cone shaped light bulbs with an exhaust tip on top; cloth covered cord with green porcelain sockets with a metal clip attached Bulbs copper and aluminium bases and some appear to be unmarked and some are marked: - WARTBURG 14V - Stamped “14V” - Stamped “?.N.A.F. 14V”. On the lid is stamped “No. 186” and “220V/240V”, which is repeated on the inside of the box. I have been told it is English. In a book there is a box with similar graphics and also pine cone lamps, but the interior differently organized and more lamps, said to be Japanese, and attributed to ca 1920. |
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Various 40 Box: 35,5 x 9cm. Eight light bulbs, same model but different colors, engraved 16V with a green (now nearly completely faded) cloth covered cord with brownish bakelite sockets. There is room for a reserve light bulb. No markings on the box; if there were any, they were probably on the lid, but that is missing. |
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Various 45 Besides the design on the cover, the box is covered with the well know holly design. This box comes from the Estate of Harold and Beatrice Bird, United Kingdom. |
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CL.STSS 1
Box: 32 x 19,5 cm. |
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Various CL.STSS 2 Box:
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CL.STSS 3
Box: 32 x 11 cm. |
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CL.DLSDS 1
Box: 25 x 15 cm, light green background. |
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CL.DLSDS 2
Box: 19 x 9 cm |
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CL.DLSDS 3
Box:
19 x 15 cm, dark blue background. |
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CL.DLSDS 4
Box: 25 x 15 cm, dark blue background. |
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CL.DLSDS 4b
Box: 25 x 15 cm, very dark blue background, same size as above, but
figural lights, and younger. |
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CL.DLSDS 8
Box: 31,5 x 11 cm, very dark blue background. |
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CL.DLSDS 5
Box: 25 x 15cm. |
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CL.DLSDS 6 Box: 19 x 15 cm. Light green plastic electric cord with 16 green sockets; room for two reserve bulbs. On the side of the lid in a reserve “16352/C-6 220V”. Inside the lid the text “Avant d’allumer …”, but now it is printed in black, and not stamped. |
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CL.DLSDS 7 Box: 19 x 15 cm. Light green plastic electric cord with 9 dark green green sockets; no room for reserve bulbs. No user instructions. On the side of the lid in a reserve “130V. TYPE M-F/1634” ![]() |
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