Mercury silver to me is slightly transparent. These are they are silver. What really fries me is that apparently i have to pay for returning them! Shame on me.

Switches work well. I have a couple of tiny edison bulbs in it, so it casts a really beautiful orange tone. The only thing is that the bulbs you use can’t be too wide.

The cheap paint on the glass shades looks ridiculous. Each is uniquely painted, but mine looked like a kid did it.