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These are what the fixtures looked like sitting in the garage. I removed the old broken sockets and cloth wrapped wires, cleaned the sconces and used paint stripper to remove the old paint. Scrubbed off rust with steel wool, dried them in the oven and sealed with clear satin Rustoleum spray lacquer.

Assembled the fixture and polished the brass. The small center caps for mounting were lost so I bought new ones and spray painted them with metallic paint to match.

Bought replacement lamp sockets and new wire. Attached wires to socket (black to hot brass screw, white to neutral silver screw) and left the wires about 8"long.

Inserted sockets in sconces, threaded wire to back of fixture. Stripped 1/4" off the ends of the wires.

Stopped to feed the baby.

Turned off the power at the circuit breaker and tested wires with a voltage meter to make sure it was really off. Secured mounting crossbar to box in the wall.

Now the fun part: wrapped fixture wire ends lightly around wall wire ends, hot to hot, neutral to neutral. Screwed the plastic cap onto both wire ends securely.

Secured fixture with cap fastener at center.

Flipped on the circuit breaker, added a bulb and beaded shade and now we have antique sconces that were part of the original house. I spent about $25 fixing them up.