Premium Push Button Light Switch with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay

If you're afraid of making sure an original switch works and is safe, this is a good enough replacement. It feels relatively solid, but doesn't have as firm of a click as most original push button switches. Personally I'm going to stick with just finding original antique switches to clean up for use in my house.

The Mother of Pearl button inserts are not well installed. I ordered 2 switches & one insert fell out, not found, in less than a week. Please send me a half dozen replacements so I can replace as they fall out. Maybe my glue will be better than yours.

I have a victorian period brick row home and these go great.

The switch works well and adds a lot of character, especially when combined with a vintage switchplate (I got the Floral Victorian one).The main negative, as pointed out in other reviews, is that the wiring screws are not threaded into the switch body but are held in by a nut within the switch. If you keep backing the screws out like me (and you will be tempted to do so since there's not much space to hook the wire underneath), you will remove the screw from the inner nut and will need to take apart the whole switch to re-attach the nut. The other negative is that the switching mechanism is not the same as that of the porcelain pushbutton switches of the past. The result is that the switch doesn't feel as sturdy as the originals and sounds less crisp. I don't think it's that big of a deal, as most people won't know what the older switches were like anyway. I do wonder if they would be able to make these out of bakelite/porcelain to better replicate the originals.

These switches look great. It's a shame they're so hard to find! Please see the photos as well. Pros: - Great reproductions of a classic look. - Packaged individually in a small cardboard box. - 3-way switches include a wiring diagram. Cons: - The wiring screws are not threaded into the switch body!!!!!! The screws are difficult to keep threaded out, so that wires can be attached- the installer needs to keep the switch tilted while attaching the wiring to ensure they stay out. ALSO THE SCREWS HAVE NO STOPPING MECHANISM. If you unscrew the screw enough, it will completely detach inside the switch body and it is a huge pain to completely disassemble the switch and reassemble!!!!! See below. - The device screws are very cheap quality, with a #6 Phillips head only. Modern screws are #6 Robertson/Slotted. The problem with these screws is that they will very easily strip if you encounter any resistance during installation. - Some switches mother of pearl buttons had excess white glue which looked really bad cosmetically. I used a knife to cut it away, but this is a detail which should not be overlooked by the manufacturer. - The switches are much larger in depth than regular single-pole switches. They are about the depth of a modern dimmer style switch, which means you'll definitely need some extra space in the box. This can create a bit of difficulty for installation, especially since the mounting screws strip very easily. Overall, not a deal-breaker. - The ground screws are not painted green... this seems odd. Since the switches are plastic, the ground seems unnecessary anyway. Not sure what metal parts of the switch are even being bonded to ground... I suspect the screw itself is the only thing being bonded(?)

Needed to replace push button light switches in a very old house. These did the trick and kept the vintage look!

We installed these switches in our vintage styled bathroom and they're the perfect look we were going for!

Looks just like the ones found in historic houses.

Just bought a 1915 home that had most of the original push button switches. These are beautiful and well made. Wish I had the $$$ to replace all the original.

Like the switches they work well in restoring a 1093 house. Though the price is a little high