Arts and Crafts Toggle / GFI Combination Switch Plate in Oil Rubbed Bronze

Great product for my 1905 Restoation

I was a little concerned that modern, white plastic GFI outlet within the larger cut-out would look odd, but the appearance is fine and a good compromise of old style & modern function. Unlike plastic or ceramic switch plates, the solid metal will not crack when installed on the uneven surfaces of a 100 yr old wall. Real metal finished screws are much better than the usual painted ones. The plate may stick out from the wall if the electrical box is not slightly recessed from the wall surface. Not all of mine were, but this hardly shows.

This entire range of switch plates are high quality and seem to be well made and are as handsome in person as they are on the webpage ... but they have an inherent design flaw. The backsides of the plates are completely flat, there is no room for the screws that hold the switch or outlet in the junction box to protrude past the wall sirface, which in my experience, almost all do just as a matter the way they mount in the box. The result is it is pretty much impossible to get the plates to sit flush with the wall. With the substantial thickness of these plates this could easily be remedied by modifying the thickness of the plates when they are manufactured in area that lays over the area of the junction box where the screws that mount the switch or outlet without detracting from the substantial look of the plates. Also a few of the plates had residue left on them from I'm assuming the finishing process. Cleaned up with a Mr. Clean magic eraser pad but still seems at this price point you shouldn't have to go to the effort to do something that should have been done before leaving the factory.

Looks great!