A pair of vintage 60s/70s Saturn pendant ceiling lights designed by Jo Hammerborg for Fog & Mørup

Architect Jo Hammerborg designed this modernist pendant light, entitled Saturn, for leading Danish lighting manufacturer Fog & Morup in the 1960s, and it was produced into the 1970s. The final picture below is reproduced from a late 1960s Fog & Morup catalogue and shows the Saturn along with other lamps Hammerborg designed in this copper and black range – from left to right they are the round Dano, the rectangular Dano, the Tunika, the Juno, and finally the Saturn.

The inside face of the Saturn's strong black lacquered metal outer section is painted orange, and when the lamp is lit, reflected light from this orange interior and the copper sections above and below combine to produce a warm and colourful glow (see pictures right and below). The light has a diameter of 30cm (approximately 11.75 inches) and a height of 19cm (7.5 inches), and takes a standard sized screw-fitting bulb up to 100w.

We currently have a pair of these vintage Saturn lamps available. Both have their original top and bottom opaque acrylic plates intact, ensuring a soft but effective light without any glare, and both are in very good condition with minimal signs of age and use.

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Another classic modern light will be appearing here soon.