CUSTOM LIGHTING REDEFINED
The Working Man Lantern Collection: Blue-Collar Grit & Sculptural Estate Lighting
Introduce an unforgettable statement of raw human strength, architectural storytelling, and an unyielding tribute to the backbone of our world with The Working Man Copper Lantern. Designed as a striking, high-art salute to the dedicated, hard-working blue-collar people who build, mold, and keep our world moving, this extraordinary fixture showcases estate illumination at its finest. Breaking away from conventional wall brackets, its centerpiece is a masterfully sculpted, heavy-set arm that holds a magnificent multi-sided glass torch aloft. The Working Man lantern serves as a commanding, poetic introduction to elite lighting—wrapping your family estate in absolute comfort, warm light, and permanent pride.
Individually Handcrafted in the USA
When quality matters and only the best will do, The Working Man collection honors the exact work ethic it celebrates with uncompromised American artisan craftsmanship. Each unit is individually handcrafted in the USA by custom design specialists who forge, weld, and cast premium heavy-gauge copper and iron entirely by hand. Built as an heirloom-grade architectural monument for your property, its structural multi-sided cage, precise metallic seams, and heavy-duty wall-anchor hardware are built to withstand severe weather beautifully, developing an even deeper historic character over a lifetime of service.
Sculptural Torch Arm & Multi-Sided Architectural Cage
The Working Man redefines luxury estate styling by blending high-end figurative sculpture with classical geometric framing:
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The Forged Arm & Torch Bracket: The undeniable signature of this masterpiece is its magnificent, heavy-cast wall bracket sculpted into a powerful, fabric-sleeved human arm. Extending forcefully from a heavy-duty industrial mounting plate, the hand firmly grips the lower spear-shaft of the lantern like a classical torch, lifting the light source high to symbolize guidance, labor, and triumph.
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The Octagonal Panoramic Cage: The lantern body features a crisp, multi-sided octagonal drum layout held by robust vertical metal bands and highlighted by clean rivet detailing. This multi-pane panoramic geometry allows the internal light source to project an unhindered, 360-degree wash of gold radiance across your surroundings.
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The Tiered Crown & Flanged Shaft: A clean, multi-layered stepped cap crowns the structure, finished with a subtle sphere finial. Below the hand, the lower shaft extends downward into a decorative fluted weight and a protective bottom finial, anchoring the floating structure with a perfectly balanced stance that looks absolutely incredible framed against rugged stonework, brick, or rustic plaster (pictured beautifully on a hand-stacked stone masonry wall).
Tailored to Your Design Palette
We believe elite illumination should be an exact reflection of your home's unique design vocabulary. The Working Man collection features a comprehensive range of custom choices:
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Authentic Power Configurations: Set your preferred lighting mood with multiple electric Edison and Candelabra multi-bulb configurations (pictured with a warmly glowing, single-candelabra bulb core set in a faux-wax sleeve), or select traditional gas lighting options for an authentic flickering flame.
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Unlimited Finish Colors: Customize the premium copper and structural framework with unlimited finish color choices—from the smooth, industrial matte black finish with weathered green-verdigris collar accents pictured, to a living raw copper, rich hand-rubbed oil bronze, or heavily weathered pewter.
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Premium Glass Varieties: Control the diffusion and texture of your golden wash with numerous glass options, including Clear (pictured), Seedy, Antique, Water, Mirror, Frosted, or No Glass.
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Flexible Mounting Layouts: While engineered here on a high-impact sculptural wall mount, this adaptable architecture scales effortlessly across your entire estate floor plan, offering engineering for prominent column and pier bases & post mounts.
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Proportional Scaling: Available in an array of standard sizes ranging from Mini to Triple Grande, alongside fully custom design sizes built directly to your contractor's precise blueprints.
The Teton Lighting Commitment
"The Working Man Lantern celebrates the pride of honest labor and the strength of hand-forged sculpture—marrying a rock-solid geometric cage with an unforgettable artistic statement that brings luxury, warmth, and meaning to your estate."
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International Shipping: We proudly share luxury American craftsmanship with discerning property owners globally, offering premium international shipping options.
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Mainland USA Advantage: Experience seamless convenience with Free Shipping direct to the mainland USA.
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Satisfaction Guaranteed: Shop with absolute confidence knowing your custom artisan investment is completely backed by our ironclad Satisfaction Guarantee.
Bring a bold foundation of architectural clarity and premium handcrafted styling to your property. Elevate your home with The Working Man Collection today.
The St. James Lighting 100% Satisfaction Guarantee/Warranty includes the highest level of craftsmanship and individually hand-crafted excellence in every copper lighting fixture you can find anywhere- guaranteed!
St. James Lighting is a true custom lighting resource, taking you seamlessly from concept to completion. At St. James Lighting, our talented artisans have been designing and manufacturing beautiful custom copper lighting in Columbia, Mississippi since 2008.
Our dedicated, client focused team includes in-house designers, engineers, tooling, and manufacturing. Our customers appreciate the creativity, quality, and detailed design hand crafted into each light we produce.
Our products are designed to integrate performance with style. Exceeding our client’s expectations for quality, service, and artful design is what we thrive on.
We don’t just make lights…. we make lights for YOU!
The Working Man's Copper Lantern is an AMAZING custom design we did - please contact us for additional sizes and line drawings. We can create just the lantern with no "arm" & torch if you prefer!
All of our St. James Lights are HANDCRAFTED for excellence with NO assembly line production- which takes time. If you are looking for the BEST, you have just found it!
The comment we receive the most from our clients is they LOVE the great looks of their lights and they can see the quality and craftsmanship built into their new lights- it was well WORTH the WAIT!
Please allow us 10-12 weeks to individually handcraft a masterpiece for you! Custom designs may take a bit longer.
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***Either natural gas or propane gas fixtures requires an ON/OFF Auto-Ignition and a 110 line voltage which allows you to operate your gas lantern with a light switch or other device. Otherwise, the lantern will remain lit 24/7
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An auto-ignition on/off option is available, just put a timer on it and you have complete control over when your lights come on and goes off, also saving on gas. For those who prefer copper electric lanterns we offer the Edison Base Sockets or a Candelabra Cluster for a beautiful light appeal.
With so many options, you are sure find the perfect look for your home! Whether you prefer hanging gas lights, post mounts or wall mounts, there are many mounting brackets to choose from.
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Why Choose a St. James Lantern?
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Individually Hand-Crafted to meet your needs:
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You get exactly what you want for your indoor and outdoor lighting needs because YOU design your light from 6 beautiful finishes, 4 glass options, 3-5 sizes depending upon the style & 5 electric options.
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Hand-Crafted Quality second to none:
St. James Lights are called “lifetime fixtures” because when you purchase a St. James Lantern or Chandelier, you are making an investment that will last a lifetime and will be the last light fixtures you will ever need to buy. Each light is individually hand-crafted and inspected to ensure that you receive the highest quality lantern or chandelier available anywhere in the world.
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Elegant Looks and Beauty:
Designed and engineered to set the standard for elegant lighting, St. James Lights increase in beauty as the copper ages.
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Durability and Longevity:
St. James Lighting are made from the best copper mined in the U.S., which has a projected life of 300 years. Less expensive zinc or aluminum metals are not used. Expensive copper brazing rods are used versus cheaper soldering methods and an expensive riveting machine is used versus cheaper and faster pop rivet methods used by many.
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Made in America:
We are proud to be American made in Columbia, Mississippi and 100% of every part is made in the USA. No parts or assembly come from China, like many do.
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Will you assist us in Selecting Light Fixtures?
Yes, we offer our clients our free design service by trained and experienced staff. Send us your plans, room sizes, ceiling heights or photos of your room, house or outdoor areas where you plan to install your lights and we will draft a customized lighting analysis which will give you the proper light size and style that will best complement your home or outdoor areas. If there are special lighting needs you have, please include those too.
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Do you ship worldwide?
Yes, call or email us with the country and address you would like shipped to with the light style, size and quantity and we will get you a quote. Approved for use in Canada.
