Vintage Style Acorn & Oak Leaf Electrical Plug - Bakelite Reproduction for Antique Lamps, Fans, etc, cord rewiring
Black, Brown or White - Great with Cloth Wire
TThese historically accurate replicated vintage Bakelite electrical plugs add the perfect finishing touch to your lamp rewire, lighting creation, fan, radio or other small appliance refurbish project. They work great with our rayon and cotton fabric covered cord, and can be added to any order with no additional shipping!!!
True to the classic design, they are an antique style hard plastic bakelite type shell with a removable insulator that fits snugly over the prongs. These replicated vintage Bakelite electrical plugs are extremely easy to work with: simply connect your wires to the screw terminals inside, then slide on the insulator until it snaps into place. Done!
Also, these are a great option if you are looking for a 2-prong polarized plug, vs our other vintage style plugs which are unpolarized. These old style electrical acorn plugs have one blade larger than the other, and fit into an outlet only one way, so you have a dedicated hot/neutral designation (the larger silver blade is "neutral", the thinner brass blade is "hot")
This listing is for the plugs only (a quantity of 1 = 1 plug!!! Wire shown as an example, can be purchased separately!!!)
Posted by George & Liz Reign on Feb 4th 2021
I can't believe there can be such a wide price spread on the exact same vintage repro plug but thanks to Snake Head Vintage it's true. Other plugs just like it were, on average $6 more. Will be buying all my vintage repro. parts here from now on.
Posted by Greg on Aug 24th 2020
Very nice plug and a great price. Nice for the old GE fans and good quality
Posted by Unknown on Jul 12th 2020
While these aren't strictly identical to the original (they have one wide prong), they are close enough for my purposes. I collect and restore old radios, and for ones from the 1930's, these plugs look authentic. I have tried some other reproductions, but on those the screws were bent from the staking operation (so that the screws won't come out all the way). Every batch I have gotten from Snake Head so far has screws that are not bent that way, so I will continue to get my reproduction plugs here.
Response: We appreciate this thorough review, and are very glad that you like the plugs! Yes, the only change from the true vintage plugs is the fact that these are polarized (that's why the one wide prong). It's the one slight modernization :)
Posted by Chet on Jun 4th 2020
The brown acorn plug reproduction is well made and looks like the original except for the polarized blades. I used it on a 1930’s era Sessions clock along with gold fabric covered line cord. Very pleased with the result.
Posted by Unknown on Apr 17th 2018
The products are so period accurate they fit in perfect
Posted by Gloria Piguet on Apr 12th 2018
We received exactly what we ordered. Apparently it is a popular product. It was on backorder for a few days but the owner kept us up to date on when it would arrive from the distributor and when it would be shipped. We were very satisfied with the product and our order with Snake Head Vintage. Thank you.
Posted by Mel on Aug 24th 2014
The embossed pattern is noticeable, it's beautiful! Easy to wire and enough room to stuff in a security knot.
Posted by Theo Lange on Jul 5th 2013
Perfect for my project, looks to be even better quality then the original it's replacing, and you'd never know it wasn't original, other than that it's so clean! And the price is the best I've seen, thanks Paul!