Estoplast was a lamps and electronic manufacturer in Estonia from 1959-2003. They produced quite many units and items. I am wondering where they ended up geographically. Where the lamps/switches seen in Lihtuania in the soviet times/maybe still are in some places?
wvwry Blockhouse had these switches 😀 i think literally 98% of population knows them
My grandma’s apartment still has them lmao
Switches – definitely. They were installed in pretty much in every commieblock apartment. Some older apartments still have them.
Lamps were way more basic than these, at least from what I can remember. Crystal glass chandeliers were popular among higher income households though.
These Switches are still everywhere, timeless design imho.
I’ve seen the lamp with flower patterns for sure, but I would guess it was luxurious item, so probably still would be found in old hotels or restaurants.
Im from lithuania and 80% of lamps i remember, switch is very common in older houses.
I can literally see one on my wall right now.
Oh yeah, they have been commodity, the only other option I could recall, have been posh alternatives with the whole front surface formed as switch(es).
We had them in our flat up until the first big overhaul back in the circa 2000s. Some of these switches still are installed in our old homestead. And we have that of a shape lantern in our homestead as well, though, it’s a new one; the shape is just similar.
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Estoplast was a lamps and electronic manufacturer in Estonia from 1959-2003. They produced quite many units and items. I am wondering where they ended up geographically. Where the lamps/switches seen in Lihtuania in the soviet times/maybe still are in some places?
One more pic of switches.
https://preview.redd.it/77gf1dm1dh5a1.jpeg?width=533&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=94b66b825060402cc03a1a0e6430758c15db67f4
wvwry Blockhouse had these switches 😀 i think literally 98% of population knows them
My grandma’s apartment still has them lmao
Switches – definitely. They were installed in pretty much in every commieblock apartment. Some older apartments still have them.
Lamps were way more basic than these, at least from what I can remember. Crystal glass chandeliers were popular among higher income households though.
These Switches are still everywhere, timeless design imho.
I’ve seen the lamp with flower patterns for sure, but I would guess it was luxurious item, so probably still would be found in old hotels or restaurants.
Im from lithuania and 80% of lamps i remember, switch is very common in older houses.
I can literally see one on my wall right now.
Oh yeah, they have been commodity, the only other option I could recall, have been posh alternatives with the whole front surface formed as switch(es).
We had them in our flat up until the first big overhaul back in the circa 2000s. Some of these switches still are installed in our old homestead. And we have that of a shape lantern in our homestead as well, though, it’s a new one; the shape is just similar.