Description

The Ellery Glass Cylinder Wall Sconce has no top. That is not a shortcut, it is the whole behaviour: heat leaves upward instead of building around the lamp, and a column of light escapes to wash the ceiling above the fixture. Closed shades push everything sideways and down. This one lights up, out, and back — three directions from one small lamp.

Beside a bed, either side of a mirror, down a hallway, or up a stair wall. Its footprint is shallow enough to clear a walkway, and because the light is diffuse rather than directional it does not throw the hard downward shadows that an overhead fixture puts on a face — which is exactly why a pair beside a mirror beats one light above it.

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Better Together

Buying a Pair?

Select the size marked (*2) — two together come at a better price than buying them separately.

Specifications

The Details

Material Brass Frame · Glass Cylinder The cylinder is open at the top — heat leaves upward and light escapes to the ceiling.

Finish Gold · Black · NickelGold warms the wall behind it; black holds as a defined shape; nickel stays cool and quiet.

Bulb base E12 or E14 (bulbs not included) The small candelabra screw base. Use a clear filament bulb — see below.

Power Max 40W

Voltage AC 110–240V

Control Wall switch Dimmable with dimmable bulbs on a compatible dimmer.

Mounting Wall — hardwired Professional installation recommended.

Environment Indoor only · IP20

Preparation time 5–10 days Made to order and inspected before dispatch.

Good to Know

About dimming

It depends entirely on the light bulbs. Install dimmable E12 bulbs in each socket and pair them with a compatible dimmer.

Size Guide

Three Proportions, Not Three Scales

Two of these share a width and differ in height; the third is short and wide. So the question is not how big your wall is — it is what shape it is.

Compact

W 4.3″ × H 11.8″ 11 × 30 cm

Best forNarrow hallway · stair wall · beside a bed · small powder room

WallAnything from 2 ft wide

The one that fits a corridor. Centre at 60–66″.

Tall

W 4.3″ × H 22.8″ 11 × 58 cm

Best forTall narrow wall · either side of a full-length mirror · entry with height

WallCeilings 9 ft +

Same footprint as the Compact, twice the presence.

Wide

W 10.2″ × H 11.8″ 26 × 30 cm

Best forAbove or beside a vanity mirror · wider hallway · wherever the sconce is the main light

Wall3 ft wide and up

Two cylinders side by side — roughly double the spread.

The design

It Lights the Wall, Too

Three directions from one small flame.

Most wall lights treat the wall as somewhere to screw into. A shade points the light away from it, and everything that travels backwards is simply lost into the plaster. This one is drawn the other way round: the flat plate stands proud of the wall, so the light that would have been wasted hits it, comes back, and spreads out into the room instead.

Look at the lit photograph and you can see the whole idea in one frame — a warm pool on the plate itself, and a much wider wash across the wall around it. That is why a single small bulb here covers more of a hallway than the same bulb behind a solid shade ever would.

The glass does the rest. The cylinder has no top, which is not an omission but the point: heat leaves upward instead of building around the lamp, and a column of light escapes to wash the ceiling above. Up, out, and back — three directions from one small flame, where a closed shade manages one. It is the old hurricane lantern reduced to a single clean tube, with nothing left on it that does not do something.

What remains is a plate, a tube and a visible filament. In gold the plate turns the reflected light warm; in black it holds as a defined shape against a pale wall and throws the glow forward rather than around; in nickel it stays cool and almost silent. Same fixture, three different walls.

— Nothing on it that isn't doing something. —

The Shape

Why an Open-Top Cylinder

What this does that a closed shade can't.

Open-top glass on a flat plate Closed shade

Where light goes Up, out, and back off the plate Sideways and down only

The wall Lit — the plate reflects light into the room Dark behind the fixture

Heat Escapes through the open top Builds up around the lamp

Dust Clear glass shows it, and the open top lets it in Hidden inside the shade

If it breaks The glass lifts off and is replaced alone Often bonded — the fixture goes back

Questions, Answered

Common Questions

Which bulb should I use?

A clear filament candle bulb, E12, 2700K warm white. The glass is clear, so the bulb is meant to be seen — a frosted one behind it looks like a mistake. Buying a pair? Use the same bulb in both.

How high do I mount it?

Centre it 60–66″ from the floor in most rooms. Beside a bed, drop to 48–52″ — eye level sitting up to read.

How far apart beside a mirror?

28–40″ apart, with 6–8″ clear of the mirror edge. A pair either side beats one light above — side light has no downward shadow on a face.

One light or two?

One for a hallway, a stair or a nightstand. Two over a vanity, or anywhere the sconce is the main light rather than an addition.

Gold, black or nickel?

Gold turns the reflected light warm. Black holds as a defined shape against a pale wall. Nickel stays cool and quiet. Same size, same price.

Can it go in a bathroom?

On a vanity wall, yes. Not inside a shower or above a bath — it is IP20, with no water protection.

Will it fit a narrow hallway?

It projects [__]″ from the wall. As a rule, anything under about 4″ is comfortable in a corridor; past that people catch a shoulder on it.

How do I clean it? What if the glass breaks?

Clean: power off, let the bulb cool, then a soft dry cloth inside and out. Twice a year. If it breaks: the cylinder lifts off and is replaced on its own. Photos within 24 hours if damaged in transit; spares held after that.

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Ellery Glass Cylinder Wall Sconce

SKU: VLW65451-1

$295.00

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Size: W 4.3″ × H 11.8″

Colour: Gold + Transparent

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