Exactly. We have those damn things in my apartment complex's staircase and what do you know? Half of them are already dead before the end of the month after they get replaced! But hey, at least they turn on only if they detect your movement, and even that doesn't save them. I've known some soviet-made bulbs that still work to this day in comparison.
I have a couple 1930s era (maybe older) , clear glass, roughly 60W, you can't look at the lit bulb very long or you will get a residual image of the filament on your retina that stays with you for a minute. A tough, old school litebulb with the blown glass "tit' on the end.
Looks very "comfy". I've never seen them like this though, nice find. Speaking of which, there's an untranslatable meme/term in Russian (лампово-теплый) which roughly translates to "bulbously/tubularly warm", as in something that evokes a warm, comfy feeling because it has soul, it's pleasant to look at and is nice. It's associated with old-school lamps because it originates from a music community that prefers classic tube amplifiers above all.
nice find
I pulled them out of my grandmother's house when she moved to an old folks home in 1975. One bulb is in it's original box and the other was screwed into the ceiling of her "cold closet" - a cool, dry, dark room used to store garden produce (onions, squash, potatoes, apples, etc) and canned goods, typically in the basement. The bulbs were so cool looking I wanted to keep them. My grandfather built that house around 1920.
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