A set of 8 bubble lights in original package, series circuit. Lamps: brass miniature bases with glass insulators, 2-piece plastic "Biscuit-style" skirts (used 1947-1960). One lamp is not original to the set and has a "Royal Biscuit-style" skirt. The plastic skirt-halves are a mix of colors (red, yellow, blue, orange, and green). Tipped tubular glass envelopes filled with colored liquid (1 green, 2 blue, 2 orange, 1 yellow, 1 amber, 1 red), a clear cylinder is contained inside each tube. Liquid is methylene chloride. Bakelite miniature sockets with brass shells. Green-colored plastic-insulated wires lead to all sockets except the last, this has woven cloth-insulated gold wires with red stripes. Bakelite 2-prong plug with receptacle on back and thru-wire passage. 4 metal clips (for attaching sockets to tree limbs) and one metal spiral clip(?) included in box.
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