On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 21:25:43 -0500, dpb wrote:

On 6/12/2019 8:52 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 15:43:06 -0400, Tekkie®
wrote:

dpb posted for all of us...


Still have all the old mother-of-pearl
inlaid pushbutton light switches that are classic in looks but not up to
120 VAC, sadly.


Ahh, still remember them from my childhood.
Had them for 120 volt too - lots of old houses here had them. There
is at least one company producing them for use in modern electrical
systems for the "retro" look.

Yeah, I've not looked for a number of years now, though--last time I did
the only ones I found at the time were outrageously priced even for a
low volume specialty product...

Last one I saw was $37 us each plus shipping. That was a few years
ago.

They are about $15 now from house of antique hardware or Classic
Accents on Amazon.

I've thought one could replace the workings behind the buttons on the
plate w/ new mechanical pushbutton switches but never had sufficient
initiative to actually do so.